A total of 29 Mexican drug traffickers, including some prominent leaders of organized crime, were extradited to the United States to face trials in various federal courts. Among those extradited are figures such as Rafael Caro Quintero and Miguel Ángel Treviño Morales, known as “Z-40,” accused of crimes related to drug trafficking, homicides, and criminal activities linked to organized crime.
In the case of Miguel Ángel Treviño Morales, former leader of the Los Zetas cartel, along with his brother Omar Treviño Morales (“Z-42”), they will face trials in the District of Columbia, where they could be sentenced to life in prison for criminal activities such as drug trafficking, money laundering, and homicides. For Caro Quintero, the magnitude of the evidence presented against him would determine whether he could face the death penalty or life in prison.
Other key extradited individuals include Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, Antonio Oseguera Cervantes, Ramiro Pérez Moreno, Lucio Hernández Lechuga, and Jesús Humberto Limón López, who will face trials in different jurisdictions in the United States, where they could be sentenced to life in prison depending on the severity of the charges against them.
The majority of those extradited have open cases in key jurisdictions in the United States, such as the Eastern District of New York, the District of Columbia, and the Western District of Texas. The charges against them could carry penalties of life imprisonment and even the death penalty in some cases, depending on the severity of the crimes attributed to each individual.
Regarding the penalties that Caro Quintero and “El Z40” could face, these vary in severity and in some cases could be as extreme as the death penalty. For example, Rafael Caro Quintero faces charges in the Eastern District of New York for his alleged involvement in the murder of DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena and for his connection to drug trafficking.
