While President Donald Trump has been dazzling supporters and enraging critics with his continued successes on the domestic and international front, it is clear that the second Trump administration has kept one particular priority deep at the forefront of all its activities: the importance of American family.
From assuring the release of prisoners in Russia to going to bat for hostages in Gaza during his second term, not to mention securing the release of an American college student, albeit tragically too late, from North Korea during his first term, Trump has made it clear that he is not messing around with foreign forces that hurt Americans, both on and off American soil.
Moreover, the Trump administration also does not have a statute of limitations for avenging Americans harmed by nefarious foreign forces, in particular American patriots, as evidenced by how he recently avenged the kidnapping and murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, which occurred in 1985.
Camarena was tragically tortured and murdered at the behest of a despicable drug lord, Caro Quintero, who walked free in 2013 after serving 28 years in prison.
Shockingly, Quintero’s 40-year sentence was overturned for the heinous kidnapping and killing of Camarena.
Predictably, Quintero resumed cartel activities very shortly after his release, and he was arrested by Mexican authorities yet again in 2022.
However, the family members of Camarena clearly believe that justice has never been adequately served.
Thus, last month, a nonprofit group representing the Camarena family strongly urged the Trump administration to renew longstanding American requests for Mexico to extradite Quintero.
And, according to a report from Fox News, Trump scored yet another victory against heinous cartels, given that dozen high profile cartel leaders are being extradited to the United States to face punishment for their crimes.
Including none other than Quintero.
Interestingly, the movement to extradite Quintero had commenced just after his arrest in 2022.
However, as Fox News observed, “the request remained stuck at Mexico’s foreign ministry for unknown reasons.”
Supposedly, one reason can be attributed to the fact that Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who served as Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s predecessor and political mentor, apparently curtailed Mexican cooperation with the DEA.
Apparently, Obrador was angry about American law enforcement operations in Mexico targeting senior political and military officials.
Which probably meant he was angry about the degree to which Americans discovered intersections between governmental activities and cartel activities in Mexico.
This assumption is even more supported by the absurd response of the attorney general for the failed narco state.
Indeed, Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office and Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection appeared more concerned about the human rights of extradited drug traffickers than they do about the victims of said traffickers.
“This morning, 29 people who were deprived of their liberty in different penitentiary centers in the country were transferred to the United States of America, which were required due to their links with criminal organizations for drug trafficking, among other crimes,” the office proclaimed.
Wow. Great to know that the Mexican Attorney General is so concerned about cartel leaders being “deprived of their liberty.”
Says a lot about the real state of affairs within Mexico, to put it mildly.
And, taking a page out of Colombia’s book, Mexico hilariously insisted that the cartel leaders enjoyed “due respect for their fundamental rights” while being transferred.
“The custody, transfer and formal delivery of said people is carried out under institutional protocols with due respect for their fundamental rights, in accordance with our Constitution and the National Security Law and at the request of the United States Department of Justice,” the office sniffed.
Well, everyone sure can sleep more easily at night now, safe in the knowledge that murderous cartel leaders are finally being held to account.
Humorously, while Biden may have attempted to get Quintero extradited to the United States in 2022, it took the teeth of the Trump administration to achieve the extradition.
As noted by Fox News, extraditions were commenced at the request of the American government as Trump’s tariff deadline reportedly “looms” over authorities.
Indeed, even Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office and Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection admitted that the extraditions were part of “bilateral reciprocity” between the two nations.
“This action is part of the tasks of coordination, cooperation and bilateral reciprocity, within the framework of respect for the sovereignty of both nations,” the attorney general admitted.
Odd how such “respect” was not extended to the previous administration … and it’s safe to say that Quintero would still be in Mexico now, avoiding extradition, if ghastly Comrade Kamala had come to power instead.
Here’s to hoping that the extraditions of several dozen Mexican druglords is just the tip of the iceberg …
Author: Jane Jones
