Mexico on Thursday agreed to send approximately 30 drug cartel members to the United States that are wanted by American authorities, including former Sinaloa cartel founding member Rafael Caro Quintero, and former Zetas cartel leader Miguel Ángel Treviño Morales.

The United States has been trying to secure Quintero's arrest for over 40 years, after he was convicted in Mexico of plotting the 1985 murder of Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique Camarena, per the New York Times.

Treviño is considered one of Mexico's most violent cartel members, and has been wanted by the United States since 2013. He is currently facing drug charges in multiple federal courts in Texas. 

“This action is part of the work of coordination, cooperation and bilateral reciprocity within the framework of respect for the sovereignty of both nations,” the Mexican government said in a statement.

The releases come as President Donald Trump increases pressure on Mexico to stop the illegal flow of fentanyl into the United States. Tariffs are set to be imposed on the neighboring country on Tuesday.

“The drugs continue to pour into our country, killing hundreds of thousands of people,” Trump told reporters on Thursday. “We’re losing substantially more than 100,000 people. I mean, dead.”

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