The mass extradition included aging gang leaders such as Caro Quintero, the 72-year-old co-founder of the Guadalajara Cartel, who reigned over Mexico's criminal underworld decades ago, as well as younger leaders engaged in moving large quantities of deadly fentanyl into the U.S. more recently.

Mexico has extradited notorious drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero and 28 other fugitive cartel members to the United States, according to the US Department of Justice.

Mexico has sent Quintero and 28 other cartel figures to the U.S. as the Trump Administration turns up the pressure on drug trafficking organizations.