This week, a federal judge in Mexico ruled that drug lordJoaqun "ElChapo" Guzmnmay be extradited to the U.S.where he faces numerous charges of drug trafficking, kidnapping, money laundering and murder in Chicago, Miami and New York.
Mexico'sExterior Secretariathas 30 days to decide whether to approve the extradition, but Guzmn's lawyers say there are multiple appeals pending against extradition, and that to extradite him before these appeals are exhausted would be a violation of his human rights.
Mexico's Third District for Penal Processes, which approved the extradition, says that all legal requirements have been met. The identity of the judge in the case remains secret under special rules in place for prosecution of cartel bosses.
Chapo has already been moved to a prison on the U.S. borderwhich his lawyers are also challenging. AttorneyJos Refugio Rodrguez toldFox News Latinothat he is seeking a judicial orderknown in Mexico as anamparoto return Chapo to the Altiplano maximum-security prison near Mexico City where he was previously housed.
"Joaqun is complaining that the cell is dirty and ugly," Rodrguez said. The new facilitythe Federal Social Readaptation Center (Cefereso) No. 9 on the outskirts of Ciudad Jurez, across from El Pasois said to have more ...
