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| Mexico extradites Sinaloa cartel capo 'El Licenciado' to the US | Mexico extradites Sinaloa cartel capo 'El Licenciado' to the US |
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| Mexican drug boss Dámaso López – who unleashed a bloody wave of violence when he tried and failed to take over the Sinaloa cartel – has been extradited from the border city of Ciudad Juárez to the US. | Mexican drug boss Dámaso López – who unleashed a bloody wave of violence when he tried and failed to take over the Sinaloa cartel – has been extradited from the border city of Ciudad Juárez to the US. |
| Known by his alias “El Licenciado”, which is a title for college graduates, Lopez was a former lieutenant of Sinaloa kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán and helped him escape from a Mexican prison in 2001. | Known by his alias “El Licenciado”, which is a title for college graduates, Lopez was a former lieutenant of Sinaloa kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán and helped him escape from a Mexican prison in 2001. |
| Mexico after El Chapo: new generation fights for control of the cartel | Mexico after El Chapo: new generation fights for control of the cartel |
| But after Guzmán’s arrest in 2016, he started a bloody battle with the capo’s sons for control of the cartel, entering into an alliance with the upstart Jalisco New Generation cartel and triggering a wave of violence in the Pacific coast states of Sinaloa and Baja California. | But after Guzmán’s arrest in 2016, he started a bloody battle with the capo’s sons for control of the cartel, entering into an alliance with the upstart Jalisco New Generation cartel and triggering a wave of violence in the Pacific coast states of Sinaloa and Baja California. |
| López faces US charges of conspiring to distribute cocaine and commit money laundering and could face life imprisonment if convicted. | López faces US charges of conspiring to distribute cocaine and commit money laundering and could face life imprisonment if convicted. |
| López was arrested at an apartment building in Mexico City in 2017. | López was arrested at an apartment building in Mexico City in 2017. |
| By then, his wing of the drug cartel appeared to collapse, and his son, Dámaso López Serrano, turned himself in at the US-Mexico border, becoming the highest-ranking member of a Mexican cartel to surrender to US authorities. | By then, his wing of the drug cartel appeared to collapse, and his son, Dámaso López Serrano, turned himself in at the US-Mexico border, becoming the highest-ranking member of a Mexican cartel to surrender to US authorities. |
| The son pleaded guilty to drug smuggling charges, saying he orchestrated the shipments of thousands of pounds of methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin to the United States. | The son pleaded guilty to drug smuggling charges, saying he orchestrated the shipments of thousands of pounds of methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin to the United States. |
| The Sinaloa cartel is often described as a horizontal confederation of crime leaders in which Guzmán was seen as the ultimate authority to referee internal disputes. | The Sinaloa cartel is often described as a horizontal confederation of crime leaders in which Guzmán was seen as the ultimate authority to referee internal disputes. |
| With Guzmán in jail, control of the organisation has passed between Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada García and Rafael Caro Quintero, two of the most traditional, old-school capos, as well as López and Guzmán’s sons, Iván Archivaldo Guzmán and Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar. | With Guzmán in jail, control of the organisation has passed between Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada García and Rafael Caro Quintero, two of the most traditional, old-school capos, as well as López and Guzmán’s sons, Iván Archivaldo Guzmán and Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar. |
| Guzmán was extradited to the United States in 2017 to face drug trafficking, money laundering and other charges. He has pleaded not guilty. | Guzmán was extradited to the United States in 2017 to face drug trafficking, money laundering and other charges. He has pleaded not guilty. |
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