Mexican Court Rules Drug Kingpin Can't Avoid Extradition to US Agence France-Presse
go to original March 6, 2014

MEXICO CITY - A Mexican court rejected an appeal Wednesday by drug lord
Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to avoid extradition to the United States in the absence of any formal request.

Following his February 22 capture, Guzman filed a motion for an immediate injunction to prevent extradition to the US, where at least seven federal district courts have indicted him on charges of money laundering and ferrying massive shipments of cocaine into the country.

But no formal US request has yet been filed with the Mexican government.

Mexican Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam announced last week that the government intends to try to sentence Guzman in Mexico before weighing possible extradition to the United States, though he has already discussed the issue with his counterpart Eric Holder.

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