Mexican and United States authorities announced on Tuesday that 26 cartel bosses had been sent to the U.S., marking the second large transfer of Mexican prisoners to the U.S. this year.

Mexico sent 26 alleged cartel figures to face justice in the United States because the Trump administration requested them and Mexico did not want them to continue running their illicit businesses from Mexican prisons,

The transfer follows news that President Trump ordered the Pentagon to begin using military force against certain Latin American drug cartels.