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.

Cartel leader Rafael Caro Quintero​, wanted for the notorious killing of a U.S. DEA agent in Mexico, faces arraignment in NYC.

Mexico on Thursday handed over major figures in the country's criminal underworld to U.S. authorities, part of a surprise extradition of nearly 30 jailed convicts or others accused of ties to violent drug cartels.

Prosecutors said the sicko forcibly raped the youngster, who was under the age of 13, between December 2006 and January 2007 – and took off after he was initially indicted in 2008.

Among those flown to the U.S. today was Rafael Caro Quintero, a founding member of the Sinaloa drug cartel who was convicted in Mexico of having masterminded the 1985 murder of the D.E.A. agent Enrique Camarena. For decades, American officials have obsessed over getting hold of him.

Canada and Mexico are trying to get the United States not to follow through on a promise by President Trump to impose tariffs of 25% on imported goods.