{"id":180569,"date":"2016-01-10T07:45:24","date_gmt":"2016-01-10T07:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=180569"},"modified":"2016-01-10T07:45:24","modified_gmt":"2016-01-10T07:45:24","slug":"mexico-to-begin-process-to-extradite-el-chapo-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/01\/mexico-to-begin-process-to-extradite-el-chapo-to-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico to begin process to extradite ‘El Chapo’ to US"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Mexican attorney general’s office says it will begin the process of extraditing recaptured drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to the US.<\/p>\n
It said the move was in line with US extradition requests from 2014.<\/p>\n
On Friday Guzman was detained and sent back to the maximum-security prison he escaped from six months ago.<\/p>\n
Guzman, who was one of the world’s most wanted drug traffickers, escaped from there in July through a tunnel dug in the showers.<\/p>\n
That was his second escape – he was first arrested in Guatemala in 1993 and escaped from Puente Grande jail in 2001, reportedly in a laundry basket after bribing officials.<\/p>\n
He was on the run for 13 years before being held again in 2014. Previous requests from the US have been turned down.<\/p>\n
Late on Saturday, Rolling Stone magazine published an article by US actor Sean Penn based on a meeting he had with Guzman at his secret hideout before his capture.<\/p>\n
The two men discuss various topics, including drug trafficking. Guzman is quoted as saying: “If there was no consumption, there would be no sales.”<\/p>\n
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