Mexican security chief confirms cartel family members entered US in a deal with Trump administration

[mahatmakanejeeves]

Source: Associated Press, via Yahoo!

Associated Press
Mexican security chief confirms cartel family members entered US in a deal with Trump administration

Associated Press
Tue, May 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM EDT
2 min read

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's security chief confirmed Tuesday that 17 family members of cartel leaders crossed into the U.S. last week as part of a deal between a son of the former head of the Sinaloa Cartel and the Trump administration.

Mexican Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch confirmed a report by independent journalist Luis Chaparro that family members of Ovidio Guzman Lopez, who was extradited to the United States in 2023, had entered the U.S.

Guzmán Lopez is one of the brothers left running a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel after notorious capo Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán was imprisoned in the U.S. Video showed the family members walking across the border from Tijuana with their suitcases to waiting U.S. agents.

Rumors had circulated last week that the younger Guzmán would plead guilty to avoid trial for several drug trafficking charges in the U.S. after being extradited in 2023. … García Harfuch confirmed the family members' crossing in a radio interview and said it was clear to Mexican authorities that they were doing so after negotiations between Guzmán López and the U.S. government.

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[Irish_Dem]

1. Trump only makes deals that personally benefit him.

What did he get out of this deal?

[Nigrum Cattus]

5. payoff in crypto

[Irish_Dem]

6. Trump would love a piece of the drug/sex trafficking trade.

It's one of the ways Putin makes money.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Well ain't that the find of the year!

There are things they're trying to conceal.

The border issue, the Wall, was always about smuggling? Controlling the flow? Or am I being too cynical again.

[unblock]

3. In a functioning political system, the Republican Party would eat him alive for this

This appears to go against everything he's based his political career on, everything his supporters want for him.

This is like poppy breaking his "no new taxes" pledge.

But of course, the magats will defend him for... reasons...

[Ponietz]

4. Largest fentanyl bust in DEA history just a week ago.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-nm/pr/largest-fentanyl-bust-dea-history-authorities-seize-over-400-kilograms-fentanyl-record]

And the FBI agent in charge in Albuquerque resigned today.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/crime/general/leader-of-albuquerque-fbi-steps-down/ar-AA1EGypa|

Asylum for testimony?
These events seem connected.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. Canadian border not involved. It's 20 times whole of last year that was found at the Canadian border

Even 400 kilos is about 4% of what comes over from the Mexican border.

[Clouds Passing]

7. I thought he was deporting immigrant criminals. Selective prosecution.

[ultralite001]

10. Along w/ selective immigration...

REFUGEE ADMISSIONS PROGRAM FOR SOUTH AFRICANS

Consistent with President Trump’s Executive Order 14204 Addressing Egregious Actions of the Republic of South Africa, the U.S. Department of State is coordinating with the Department of Homeland Security and implementing partners to consider eligibility for U.S. refugee resettlement for Afrikaners and disfavored minorities in South Africa who are victims of unjust racial discrimination.

https://za.usembassy.gov/refugee-admissions-program-for-south-africans/

"and disfavored minorities in South Africa" ??? !!!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. Was it because Don Jr was running low?

[50 Shades Of Blue]

9. MoneyMoneyMoneyMONEY!

[wolfie001]

12. Pam "The Nazi Fraulein" Bondi should be grilled on this relentlessly

[Buddyzbuddy]

13. Of course they did! Lol! I'm losing my mind.

Chinese buying the Felon's crypto, Hamas supported by Qatar giving a $400 million plane to him, the Felon saluting the generals of Saudi Arabia while firing ours. And now this.
Way to go Republicans, ha, ha, ha, ha.

[ultralite001]

14. This is wrong on too many levels to count...

Bring back all the deported individuals sent to El Salvador + anywhere else... Ensure they all receive due process...
They should probably file class action suits against the US government for their trauma + having their lives being
placed in danger, including damage done to their mental health, through the actions of Krasnov's "justice" department...

[BurnDoubt]

15. So..... Asylum, then????????

[BurnDoubt]

16. Or were they eligible for a "Gold Card"?

I heard you can get one for a Million Bucks... or the equivalent in Klepto-not-cash. So... Kosher!

[iemanja]

17. Democratic representatives need to broadcast this 24/7.

[Karasu]

18. Didn't these fascists threaten to invade Mexico under the guise of fighting the cartels or some such crazy bullshit?

...And now this happens.

You can't make this shit up.