Two cartel leaders sent from Mexico are set to be arraigned in a New York City court. Rafael Caro Quintero and Vicente Carrillo Fuentes will appear Friday in Brooklyn federal court following their surprise transfer from Mexico Thursday.

Mexico's attorney general's office and the security ministry confirmed that officials were handing over 29 cartel figures to the U.S.

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Alleged drug cartel boss Rafael Caro Quintero, who spent decades in prison in Mexico for the murder of a U.S. drug enforcement agent, pleaded not guilty in a U.S. court on Friday to drug trafficking charges that could result in his execution.