Mexico's decision to extradite 10 leaders of its most powerful drug-trafficking organizations to the U.S. is a landmark event that will boost the fortunes of new President Felipe Calderon, though the long-term effect on the drug business remains uncertain, Mexican analysts and U.S. officials said Saturday.
The extraditions took place late Friday night, just seven weeks after Calderon took office, but after several years of legal and diplomatic wrangling by officials on both sides of the border.
In all, Mexican authorities extradited 15 people. The most prominent was Osiel Cardenas Guillen, who was reputed to be running the so-called "Gulf Cartel' from his cell at the maximum-security La Palma prison since his arrest in 2003.
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