Posted on 01/19/2017 8:11:36 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
MEXICO CITY — Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the notorious drug lord known as El Chapo who twice slipped out of high-security Mexican prisons and into criminal legend, was extradited to the United States on Thursday night, officials said, drawing to a close a decades-long quest to prosecute the head of one of the world’s largest narcotics organizations.
A federal court in Mexico denied an appeal by Mr. Guzmán’s lawyers to block the extradition, clearing the way for his transfer to the American authorities in New York, where he faces numerous charges for his role as the chieftain of the Sinaloa cartel. Mr. Guzmán was put on a plane on Thursday in Ciudad Juárez, near the border with Texas, and arrived in the United States on President Obama’s final night in office.
According to a Justice Department statement issued late Thursday night, Mr. Guzmán was flown to Long Island MacArthur Airport in Islip, N.Y.
The decision to extradite Mr. Guzmán was an about-face for the Mexican government, which once claimed that he would serve his long sentence in Mexico first. However, after his Houdini-like escape in 2015, when his associates tunneled him out of Mexico’s most secure prison, officials began to reconsider.
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Circumstantial evidence: reported by Slimes and mention of "final night in office".
Odd timing. Maybe a peace offering from Mexico.
For the taxpayer, El Chapo will be the most expensive illegal alien from Mexico to ever enter the United States.
“Maybe a peace offering from Mexico.”
We are doing Mexico a very big favor on this one.
Seize all of his assets- A great start on paying for the wall.
FYI
Like the hostages being released.
Is he up on murder charges in the US?
Just in time for the Sessions DOJ!
Marc Rich bought a pardon from Clinton.
El Chapo can afford to buy one from Obama too.
“Odd timing...”
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The Mexican government didn’t want Trump to get credit for forcing their hand —— which they KNEW he would once in office.
The Mexicans wanted El Chapo out of there ASAP.
He needs executing.
I think it is important that he receive the death penalty.
just in time for Trump to bust his ass
Agreed
Remember when this ahole put a hit on Trump and Trump laughed?
Amen
Maybe it was in trade for the other four cartel members he pardoned.
How does one find his assets when he never claimed any? Narco kingpins are masters at hiding them outside the law.
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