Attorney General: Drug Kingpin 'El Chapo' Guzman Won't Be in the US Anytime Soon Vatican Radio
go to original January 28, 2015

Mexican President Enrique Enrique Peña Nieto told Fusion's Leon Krauze that Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán should face justice in his home country. (Fusion)

Mexico's Attorney General has ruled that the United States will not get the world's most notorious drug trafficker, nor any other country, any time soon. Rather, the man nicknamed “Shorty” must serve a long stretch in Mexico first.

Listen to the report by James Blears:

Karam says it is a question of sovereignty. So, Joaquin “Shorty” Guzmán, who led the Sinaloa drug cartel, must serve his jail terms in Mexico, which will add up to between 300 and 400 years.

A formal extradition request from the United States is imminent, but Mexican authorities stress they cannot comply.

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