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Mexico reaches record 100 extraditions to US

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has extradited a record number of criminal suspects to the United States this year, underscoring a dramatic improvement in cross-border law enforcement cooperation — and an urgent attempt to clean up the country's crime-addled prisons.

Authorities reached the historic 100-person mark with the shipment north of 11 crime fugitives on Sunday, the eve of a visit by Mexican...

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