US requests extradition of jailed drug lord El Chapo’s son, says Mexico

A Mexican authorities spokesman stated the US has requested the extradition of jailed drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s son Ovidio Guzman.

Mexico City,UPDATED: Feb 28, 2023 07:20 IST

An picture of Ovidio Guzman launched by the Mexican authorities in October 2019 (AFP photograph)

By Agence France-Presse: The United States has requested Mexico to extradite a son of jailed drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman accused of following in his father’s footsteps, a Mexican authorities spokesman stated Monday.

Ovidio Guzman, who was captured in January, has allegedly helped to run his father’s notorious Sinaloa cartel since El Chapo was handed over to the United States in 2017.

The US embassy in Mexico City offered the extradition request to the international ministry and lawyer common’s workplace, based on the spokesman, who didn’t wish to be named as a result of he was not licensed to talk on the difficulty.

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The United States had provided a reward of as much as $5 million for info resulting in the seize of the 32-year-old, whose arrest within the northwestern metropolis of Culiacan sparked a violent cartel backlash.

Ten troopers and 19 suspected criminals had been killed throughout the operation within the Sinaloa cartel stronghold, with a dramatic shootout sowing terror at an airport.

El Chapo is serving a life sentence within the United States for trafficking lots of of tons of medicine into the nation over the course of 25 years.

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Ovidio Guzman secured a court docket order in January blocking his fast extradition to the United States, and a decide gave the United States till March 5 to current an extradition request.

Ovidio Guzman is accused of serving to to supervise almost a dozen methamphetamine labs in Sinaloa in addition to conspiring to distribute cocaine and marijuana, based on Washington.

He additionally allegedly ordered the murders of informants, a drug trafficker and a Mexican singer who refused to carry out at his wedding ceremony.

He was captured briefly as soon as earlier than in 2019, however safety forces freed him after his cartel waged an all-out conflict in response.

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Feb 28, 2023