NEW YORK (AP) — Cartel leaders Rafael Caro Quintero and Vicente Carrillo Fuentes are set to be arraigned in a U.S. federal court in New York City on Friday, following their surprise transfer from Mexico. The pair were among 29 Mexican prisoners sent Thursday to eight cities across the U.S.

Mexico's attorney general's office and the security ministry confirmed that officials were handing over 29 cartel figures to the U.S.

Rafael Caro Quintero, who authorities say is a bloodthirsty cartel boss and who spent decades in prison in Mexico for the murder of a DEA agent, is due to be arraigned in a federal court in New York on Friday on trafficking charges,

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.

Mexico on Thursday sent the United States 29 people accused by American authorities of being drug cartel members, the two governments said.

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After a brief pause, President Donald Trump announced Mexico and Canada tariffs back on for early March, which could ultimately impact Americans.

Trump on Tuesday launched a new tariff probe into copper imports, just days after reviving investigations aimed at imposing tariffs on countries that levy digital services taxes o

President Donald Trump said 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico are on track to go into place on March 4, and said he would impose an additional 10% tax on Chinese imports, moves that would deepen his fight with the largest US trading partners.