Trump Threats and Mexico’s Crackdown Hit Mexican Cartel
Several cartel operatives said that for the first time in years, they genuinely feared arrest or death at the hands of the authorities.
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Trump Officials Split Over How Hard to Go on Mexican Cartels
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Mexico extradites 29 drug cartel members to U.S. for trial as Trump tariffs loom
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Mexico Released Dozens of Cartel Figures Into U.S. Custody
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Mexico sends cartel suspects to U.S. to face charges
Mexico has sent 29 cartel suspects detained in Mexico to the U.S. to face charges. This comes as Mexico navigates potential new tariffs on goods sent to the U.S.CBS News - 2d -
Why Mexico extradited 29 cartel members to the U.S.
Mexico extradited 29 cartel members, including drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, to the U.S. to face charges. CBS News' Nicole Sganga reports.CBS News - 2d -
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Trump tariffs will hit over $200 billion in U.S.-Canada-Mexico cross-border rail trade
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Mexico sends cartel leader, other prisoners to U.S. to face charges
The Justice Department says the men taken into custody from Mexico "include leaders and managers of drug cartels recently designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations."CBS News - 3d -
Mexico Transfers Rafael Caro Quintero and Other Cartel Operatives to U.S. Custody
The handover of so many significant cartel figures was one of the most important efforts by Mexico in the modern history of the drug war to send traffickers to face charges in U.S. courts.The New York Times - 3d -
Mexico releases cartel suspects into U.S. custody to face charges
Mexico agreed to hand over 29 people suspected of being cartel members into U.S. custody. Among those released is Rafael Caro Quintero, who's accused in the killing of a DEA agent in 1985.CBS News - 2d -
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Illegal border crossings plunge to levels not seen in decades amid Trump crackdown
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Trump tariff threats rattle consumers
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The Postal Service’s History Amid Trump’s Threats to Change It
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Pritzker: Trump actions 'threat to our democracy'
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The Trump Administration Is Deprioritizing Russia as a Cyber Threat
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Trump says tariffs on Canada and Mexico are 'on time, on schedule'
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Trump says tariffs on Canada and Mexico 'will go forward'
President Donald Trump said sweeping tariffs on Canada and Mexico "will go forward" when a monthlong delay on their implementation expires next week.CNBC - 6d -
Facing Trump’s Threats, New York’s Governor Adopts a ‘Rambo’ Attitude
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The EU has real leverage to counter Trump’s tariff threats
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Trump and Musk addressed email termination threats, neither cleared up the confusion
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Trump’s Tariff Threats Revive Interest in $44 Billion Alaska L.N.G. Project
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Economists say Trump tariff threats, DOGE job cuts are 'chilling' the economy
Economists say uncertainty from Trump’s tariff threats and mass layoffs of government workers are starting to have a “chilling” effect on the U.S. economy.ABC News - 3d -
Trump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threats
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Chinese manufacturing returns to growth despite threat of higher Trump tariffs
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