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El Chapo transferred to prison on U.S border

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8 years ago

May 8, 2016

El Chapo transferred to prison on U.S border

In a move that brings him closer to extradition to the United States, Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was transferred from a jail in central Mexico to a prison in Ciudad Juarez which is situated on the U.S border.

His lawyer, Juan Pablo Badillo, said Guzman was moved early on Saturday, but he was not sure why. He said he feared for Guzman’s life if he were extradited to the United States.

“President Obama is considered a just man, someone who respects human rights, but what if (likely Republican U.S. presidential nominee) Mister Donald Trump comes to power?” Badillo said. “He says he wants to take Chapo over there to kick his a**.”

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Continuing, Badillo says El Chapo can’t be extradited just yet as he is meeting with other lawyers to plot a course of action.

“At this moment, he can’t be extradited,” Badillo said, noting that the legal process is not yet finished.

Six months after he broke out of a high-security penitentiary in central Mexico through a mile-long tunnel, El Chapo, the head of the Sinaloa drug cartel was one of the world’s most wanted drug kingpins until he was captured in January.

El Chapo faces charges ranging from money laundering to drug trafficking, kidnapping and murder in cities that include Chicago, Miami and both Brooklyn and Manhattan, New York.

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