At this moment, the Sinaloa cartel leader has three filed extradition requests and his lawyers were quick to file an extradition suspension on October 17, right after his last prison escape.
Source: eldiario
Another legal protection (amparo) was also filed for one of the U.S. extradition requests. The latest extradition request is still standing and without the possibility of legal protection.
The U.S. federal government has congratulated the work of the Mexican authorities in capturing the infamous capo, but after the news of his early morning arrest, U.S. Department of Justice spokesman Peter Carr stated "I can confirm that it is the practice of the United States to seek extradition whenever defendants subject to U.S. charges are apprehended in another country."
On the other hand, Mexico's PRI party is in favor of an "eventual extradition" of El Chapo to the U.S., as stated by Cesar Camacho, PRI's parliamentarian coordinator, to El Universal.
Source: Aristegui Noticias
The current agreements between the U.S. and Mexico are specific and consequently, a long legal process, even though Guzmán Loera faces different U.S. charges on federal courts in the states of California, Nuevo Mexico, Texas, Illinois and New York. However, putting the extradition process on the fast-track lane is possible if ordered by the Mexican executive branch and then approved by the Supreme Court.
According to Andrew Selee, a Wilson Center researcher, there's a big possibility that Mexico will extradite El Chapo to the U.S. this time around, due to Peña Nieto's new attitude towards U.S. extradition requests, like with notorious drug dealer "La Barbie" back in September.
NBC News quoted experts on the matter who believe the contrary: "It's not just a question of national sovereignty, there's also the possibility that Guzman, who is notorious for bribing government officials, could divulge information about corruption in Mexico", stated Jimmy Gurule, a former drug prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney's office in Los Angeles who now teaches international criminal law at the University of Notre Dame.
Vía Univisión y Aristegui Noticias
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Translated by: edgar.martinez@sandiegored.com
