El Chapo In US Custody

[PACOX]

Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' Guzman is extradited to US
By PETER ORSI and BRADLEY KLAPPER
5 minutes ago

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, Mexico's most notorious cartel kingpin who twice made brazen prison escapes and spent years on the run as the country's most wanted man, was extradited to the U.S. on Thursday to face drug trafficking and other charges.

Mexico's Foreign Relations Department announced Guzman was handed over to U.S. authorities for transportation to the U.S. on Thursday, the last full day of President Barack Obama's administration and a day before Donald Trump is to be inaugurated.

The U.S. Justice Department issued a statement confirming that Guzman was en route to the United States and expressed gratitude to Mexico for its cooperation.

A senior U.S. official said the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration took custody of Guzman in Ciudad Juarez, which is across the border from El Paso, Texas, and a plane carrying him departed for New York at 5:31 p.m. EST. The official was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and agreed to give the information only if not quoted by name.

The convicted Sinaloa cartel boss has been held most recently in a prison near Ciudad Juarez. He was recaptured a year ago after escaping from a second maximum-security prison through a tunnel dug to his cell. He had fought extradition since then.

Guzman faces the possibility of life in a U.S. prison under multiple indictments in six jurisdictions around the United States, including New York, San Diego, Chicago and Miami.

A federal indictment in the Eastern District of New York, where Guzman is expected to be prosecuted, accuses him of overseeing a trafficking cartel with thousands of members and billions of dollars in profits laundered back to Mexico. It says Guzman and other members of the Sinaloa cartel employed hit men who carried out murders, kidnappings and acts of torture.

He was first indicted by a U.S. federal grand jury in July 2009. A superseding indictment was issued in May charging him and Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada with a variety of drug, gun and money laundering charges as part of an ongoing criminal enterprise.

A Mexican Foreign Relations Department statement said a court had ruled against Guzman's appeal and found that his extradition would be constitutional.

The White House, which was down to a skeleton staff hours before Trump takes office, said it had no immediate comment.

https://apnews.com/418fef49c042432f9...tradited-to-US

Can he break out of an American prison?

[Independent voter]

Chapo means "Shorty". He's a little fellow, makes it easy for him to get around in the tunnels.

This isn't the first time a Latin country has sent us a criminal that they can't hold.

[Symphonic]

Time to reopen Alcatraz

[GennGreymane]

MAGA! WINNING!

GJ Trump!

[Berengil]

Well, looks like the Supermax in Colorado will be getting a new resident. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.

Poison-peddling, terrorist piece of sht drew the eye of the bald eagle, and he got the claws.

[Rend Blackhand]

Maybe now he can go to a prison with a decent level of security.

[Slant]

https://apnews.com/418fef49c042432f9...tradited-to-US

Can he break out of an American prison?

Only if he is friends with Raymond Reddington.

[Poopymonster]

https://apnews.com/418fef49c042432f9...tradited-to-US

Can he break out of an American prison?

He won't need to, he'll be running the DEA.

[Butler to Baby Sloths]

Time to reopen Alcatraz

I don't think it would be a good idea to send a guy who is famous for digging his way out of prison cells to a prison which has a past of people escaping from their cells by digging their way out...

He won't need to, he'll be running the DEA.

What was it that Trump said? There's none better suited to fix the system than those who have been using it to their advantage? Was something like that.

[Kaleredar]

Maybe now he can go to a prison with a decent level of security.

More like a prison without guards in his payroll.

[Ripster42]

I don't think it would be a good idea to send a guy who is famous for digging his way out of prison cells to a prison which has a past of people escaping from their cells by digging their way out...
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What? Everyone who escaped from there was caught/killed/drowned/presumed drowned. Alcatraz did not have a history of people escaping by digging their way out.

[Neyze]

I don't think it would be a good idea to send a guy who is famous for digging his way out of prison cells to a prison which has a past of people escaping from their cells by digging their way out...

Um, are you sure you know what you're talking about?

[Hammerfest]

Hmmm... I guess now he'll finally get some sleep.

[W1sp]

Some 1 else will take his place this won't have any effect on the drug trafficking. Supply and DEMAND. Dont get me wrong it was good that he was caught ofc

[Deleted]

Trump might keep him to test THE WALL. El Chapo is the guy who escaped prisons using the weirdest methods right?

[Deleted]

Trump might keep him to test THE WALL. El Chapo is the guy who escaped prisons using the weirdest methods right?

Could be a cool show. Imagine El Chapo scaling various walls and defenses as we play some Mission Impossible or Indiana Jones music. People would love it.

[Glnger]

Um, are you sure you know what you're talking about?

ya, don't you remember the time people dug their way out of Alcatraz under San Fransisco Bay?

/s

[jackofwind]

ya, don't you remember the time people dug their way out of Alcatraz under San Fransisco Bay?

/s

[Medusa Cascade]

Trump keeps on winning

[kail]

My brother was watching Narcos and goes on about how much money Escobar had. I asked him if he would have the same level of success and infamy if coke was legal.

Good that we caught this man, but I'm skeptical on what it solves in the long run.