Mexico City — U.S. Justice officials said Tuesday that Mexico has sent 26 wanted fugitives to the United States, including alleged Mexican drug cartel kingpins, amid pressure to crack down on cross-border fentanyl smuggling.

“These fugitives are collectively alleged to have imported into the United States tonnage quantities of dangerous drugs, including cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl and heroin,” the US Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a statement.

US officials released a list of those extradited and currently in their custody, saying they are fugitives wanted for “violent and serious crimes” including drug trafficking, kidnapping, human smuggling and the murder of a Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy in 2008, among other crimes.

US Attorney General Pam Bondi called the transfer “the l

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