NEW YORK (AP) — Cartel leaders Rafael Caro Quintero and Vicente Carrillo Fuentes are set to be arraigned in a U.S. federal court in New York City on Friday, following their surprise transfer from Mexico. The pair were among 29 Mexican prisoners sent Thursday to eight cities across the U.S.

Mexican Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero speaks during a press conference with Mexican Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection Omar Garcia Harfuch, about the extradition of 29 drug cartel members to the U.

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