The administration of President Donald Trump of the United States has sacked the head of a key US Justice Department task force that combats drugs and organized crime. In a post on social media, Adam Cohen,

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Mexico has sent 29 drug cartel figures, including drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who was behind the killing of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985, to the United States as the Trump administration turns up the pressure on drug trafficking organizations.

President Trump has imposed steep tariffs on Canada, China, and Mexico in the name of curbing fentanyl flows into the United States. In reality, supplies of the drug—and related deaths—have sharply

Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero appeared before a judge in Brooklyn on Friday afternoon, pleading not guilty to charges related to his involvement in the decades-old killing of a Drug Enforcement Administration agent.

National Economic Council director Kevin Hassett said in an interview with ABC News' "This Week" that the tariffs are not meant to start a trade war. "What happened was that we launched a drug war, not a trade war, and it was part of the negotiation to get Canada and Mexico to stop shipping fentanyl across our borders," Hassett said.

The move by Mexico to allow the transfer of Rafael Caro Quintero to the United States signaled a potentially new era of cooperation in the drug war.

A Montgomery man has been sentenced to 24 years in federal prison on drug conspiracy charges, after having cocaine brought into Montgomery from Texas. Vanshun Traywick, 46, received 288 months in prison following his conviction on drug conspiracy charges, said Acting United States Attorney Kevin Davidson.

Those extradited reportedly include Rafael Caro Quintero, long sought in the killing of a U.S. narcotics agent.

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