Expedited extradition of Chapo Guzmán’s son to the US ruled out
“We could not extradite him today, or tomorrow, or the day after, it couldn’t: we have to comply with formal requirements that the law imposes on us,” said the Mexican foreign minister.
The Foreign Minister of Mexico, Marcelo Ebrard, confirmed this Thursday that the Government of the United States (USA) issued an extradition request against Ovidio Guzmán López, son of the imprisoned drug trafficker Joaquín Chapo Guzmán, although he ruled out that this will happen expeditious
He noted that “we could not extradite him today, or tomorrow, or the day after, we could not: we have to comply with the formalities that the law imposes on us; it also has an open procedure in Mexico.”
Ovidio Guzmán López, together with his brother Joaquín, face an indictment before the Federal Court of the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.) for the crimes of conspiracy to transfer to the United States from 2018 to date, cocaine, marijuana, amphetamines, methamphetamines and synthetic drugs.
The Mexican foreign minister also said that Guzmán’s arrest “has nothing to do” with the arrival of US President Joe Biden next Sunday to participate in the North American Leaders Summit.
“Extreme secrecy was maintained regarding this operation by the authorities in charge of doing it, and there was no mediation or political consultation in the cabinet; There is no relationship between the police operation itself and what happened at the summit, ”he said.
