Mexico's security minister says the country has sent 37 more cartel members to the United States. The announcement came Tuesday as the U.S. increases pressure on governments to tackle drug smuggling networks. In a social media post, Mexican Security Minister Omar García Harfuch described the individuals as "high impact criminals" posing a significant threat to national security. This marks the third time in the past year that Mexico has transferred detained cartel members to the U.S. Harfuch noted that the government has sent a total of 92 people so far.

Israeli settlers are celebrating the inauguration of a new settlement in the West Bank on land where Israel and the U.S. once hoped to build a hospital for Palestinian children. The new settlement is called Yatsiv and it was inaugurated on Monday at a ceremony attended by key settler leaders, including Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. To settlers, the site is emblematic of how far their movement has come and how emboldened they are now under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government and with President Donald Trump in office. Palestinians nearby say the land was originally theirs and the ever-expanding construction hems them in and makes it nearly impossible to establish a viable independent state.

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FILE - Mexican Security and Citizen Protection Minister Omar Garcia Harfuch, right, and Mexican General Prosecutor Alejandro Gertz Manero attend a news conference in Mexico City, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)