United States Secures Extradition of More Than a Dozen Fugitives from 10 Countries

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February 24, 2026

The U.S. Department of Justice coordinated with law enforcement across ten nations to extradite 14 fugitives facing charges ranging from murder, child sexual abuse, and MS-13 gang leadership to cybercrime, drug trafficking, and immigration fraud. Among the notable cases was Eswin Mejia, extradited from Honduras for the 2016 vehicular homicide of 21-year-old Sarah Root in Nebraska, and Moises Humberto Rivera Luna, an alleged international MS-13 leader extradited from Guatemala. The extraditions involved coordination with Colombia, the Dominican Republic, France, Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, the Kyrgyz Republic, Mexico, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

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