Mexico has extradited 29 alleged criminals to the United States, among them the so-called “narco of narcos” Rafael Caro Quintero, many accused of murder and several alleged members of cartels now designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations.

Mexico has sent drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who is wanted for the notorious killing of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985, to the United States with 28 other prisoners requested by the U.S. government, the Justice Department confirmed Thursday evening.

What former DEA chief Mike Vigil calls a 'historical' handover – which included one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives – comes as Mexican officials are in Washington trying to head off the Trump administration's threat of imposing 25% tariffs on Mexican imports.