2015-01-28 10:13:00

Trafficker to serve jail in Mexico, extradition to US denied


(Vatican Radio) 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:  

Mexican Attorney General  Jesús Murillo 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. Murillo appeared to contradict himself by saying that deportation is only appropriate if and when there is a significant risk of escape.

Guzmán bribed his way out of a so-called Mexican maximum security prison in 2001, less than a week before he was due to be extradited to the United States. From then until his arrest on February 22, 2014, he amassed an alleged illicit fortune totaling billions of dollars. 








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