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A Mexico Metropolis federal decide halted the extradition of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán’s son, alleged drug cartel chief Ovidio Guzmán, to the US on Friday, a day after he was arrested in an intense operation in northern Mexico that led to the deaths of 29 folks.
The US is searching for Guzmán’s extradition for drug trafficking and has supplied as much as $5 million for data resulting in the seize of the person they are saying is “a senior member of the Sinaloa Cartel.”
On Thursday, Mexico’s International Minister Marcelo Ebrard confirmed that there’s an arrest warrant within the US dated September 19, 2019, however mentioned that the doable extradition of Guzmán wouldn’t be instant because of the formalities of the regulation. He additionally said that Guzmán has ongoing authorized proceedings in Mexico.
On Friday, the decide additionally suspended a measure that prevented Guzmán from speaking along with his relations and his authorized group.
In line with the authorized decision, Guzmán’s authorized group has three days to resolve whether or not to ratify the measures they’ve filed in favor of their shopper.
CNN has requested a response from Guzmán’s protection however has not but heard again. He’s being held within the Altiplano most safety federal jail, officers mentioned Friday.
Video of El Chapo’s son being arrested (October 2019)
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Guzmán’s father, “El Chapo,” had escaped from Altiplano jail on July 11, 2015 by way of a mile-long tunnel that featured a bike on tracks. He was later captured and convicted within the US 4 years later of 10 counts, together with participating in a seamless felony enterprise, drug trafficking and firearms costs. He was sentenced to life in jail plus 30 years and ordered to pay $12.6 billion in forfeiture.
Ovidio Guzmán was beforehand arrested by federal authorities in October 2019, however was launched on the orders of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to keep away from additional bloodshed.
His newest arrest comes days earlier than US President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau go to Mexico Metropolis to attend the North American Leaders Summit.
Capturing Guzmán may very well be a approach for López Obrador to point out the US that he’s “in charge of the armed forces and Mexico’s safety scenario,” Gladys McCormick, a affiliate professor at Syracuse College who focuses on Mexico-U.S. relations, advised CNN in an e mail.
“It additionally defuses the facility behind any ask from the Biden administration to stem the tide of fentanyl and different narcotics throughout the border,” she added.
After Guzmán’s arrest in Culiacán on Thursday, chaos erupted within the metropolis. The authorities requested residents to hunt refuge attributable to clashes in a number of areas.
His arrest was the results of a prolonged operation which concerned 200 particular forces, Protection Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval mentioned Friday. Native officers urged residents to shelter at dwelling amid clashes with cartel members in varied components of town.
Not less than 19 suspected gang members and 10 navy personnel died throughout violent clashes within the northern Mexican state of Sinaloa, after authorities arrested Guzmán, together with 21 others. No civilian deaths or accidents have been reported.
Safety at Altiplano jail has been elevated since Guzmán was detained, the minister added.
The state of Sinaloa, the place Culiacán is situated, is dwelling to one of many world’s strongest narcotics trafficking organizations, the Sinaloa Cartel, of which “El Chapo” was the chief.
The US State Division, which was providing a $5 million reward for data resulting in Guzmán’s arrest, wrote that regulation enforcement investigations indicated that Guzmán and his brother, Joaquín Guzmán-López, “inherited a substantial amount of the narcotics proceeds” following the loss of life of one other brother, Edgar Guzmán-López.
They “started investing massive quantities of the money into the buying of marijuana in Mexico and cocaine in Colombia. Additionally they started buying massive quantities of ephedrine from Argentina and organized for the smuggling of the product into Mexico as they started to experiment with methamphetamine manufacturing,” the State Division mentioned.
The brothers are additionally alleged to supervise an estimated 11 “methamphetamine labs within the state of Sinaloa,” the State Division says.
