Joaquin El Chapo Guzma Mexican drug lord.
Mexico's government aims to fulfil a request from
the United States to extradite the newly-recaptured drug lord Joaquin
"Chapo" Guzman to face drug trafficking charges, sources familiar with
the situation said on Saturday.
The Mexican Attorney General´s office will be working as fast as possible to establish the path to extradition, and Chapo could be extradited by mid-year, one of the sources said. However the timing will likely depend on any injunctions filed by Guzman´s lawyers.
"The objective is to fulfil the extradition request," one source said.
Extraditing Guzman to the United States would help allay fears the drug lord could use his massive fortune to bribe prison officials and escape from a Mexican maximum security jail yet again.
The Mexican Attorney General´s office will be working as fast as possible to establish the path to extradition, and Chapo could be extradited by mid-year, one of the sources said. However the timing will likely depend on any injunctions filed by Guzman´s lawyers.
"The objective is to fulfil the extradition request," one source said.
Extraditing Guzman to the United States would help allay fears the drug lord could use his massive fortune to bribe prison officials and escape from a Mexican maximum security jail yet again.
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