The drug cartel leaders and other prominent figures were being flown from Mexico to the U.S. on Tuesday, one person said.

Authorities transferred 26 prisoners who were wanted in the US over their ties to drug-trafficking groups, said Mexico's attorney general's office.

Mexico sent more than two dozen suspected cartel members to the U.S. on Tuesday, amid rising pressure from President Donald Trump on Mexico to dismantle the country's powerful drug organizations. Authorities shipped 26 prisoners wanted in the U.