MEXICO CITY, Jan. 20 -- The extradition to the United States of four major drug traffickers, including Osiel Cardenas Guillen, head of the powerful Gulf cartel, was hailed Saturday by U.S. officials as a signal of a new era of cooperation.
U.S. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales called the extraditions "unprecedented," and the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Antonio O. Garza Jr., proclaimed the transfer "a monumental moment in our two nations' battle with the vicious drug traffickers and criminals who threaten our very way of life."
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