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Mexico has said it will keep Mexico has said it will keep Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán in its highest-security prison for the foreseeable future, putting off any extradition to face trial in the US.
Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán in its highest-security prison for the Two Mexican federal judges ruled on Tuesday that Guzmán will face trial on drug trafficking and organised crime charges in Mexico. The administration of President Enrique Peña Nieto said the man widely considered the world’s most powerful drug lord until his capture on Saturday would face at least six other pending criminal cases before extradition to the US would even be considered.
foreseeable future, putting off any extradition to face trial in the US. “I don’t think it’s going to happen any time soon,” attorney general Jesus Murillo Karam said in a radio interview. “This is the start of a full investigation that will allow us to fully eradicate his organisation. It would be pointless to do anything else.”
Two Mexican federal judges ruled on Tuesday that Guzmán will face trial on Some experts on both sides of the border have said that keeping Guzmán in Mexican hands could squander the opportunity to exploit his unparalleled knowledge of the country’s biggest drug cartel. US prosecutors had proven far more capable of offering captured drug lords the incentives to co-operate with law enforcement, analysts said.
drug trafficking and organised crime charges in Mexico. The US officials routinely use family members as tools to pressure defendants into giving up information, granting visas to relatives of co-operative prisoners while threatening to leave loved ones penniless by freezing assets of drug lords who refuse to assist. Mexican authorities arrested Guzmán, 56, along with his former beauty queen wife and twin toddlers but let the woman go because there were no charges pending against her. Observers called it a staggering missed opportunity that would not have occurred in the US.
administration of President Enrique Peña Nieto said the man widely The Mexican government said there was no way Guzmán would repeat the 2001 escape that let him roam western Mexico for 13 years as he moved billions of dollars of cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin around the world. Mexican authorities say they want to be the first to interrogate Guzmán and use the information to dismantle his Sinaloa cartel, a multi-billion dollar enterprise that dominates drug trafficking in much of Mexico and stretches into 54 countries.
considered the world’s There are concerns in the US that Peña Nieto’s administration and those of his predecessors have proven unable to match headline-grabbing arrests like Guzmán’s with complex, long-term investigations and prosecutions of deep-rooted criminal networks. Cases have stalled and cartels have continued to operate. In 2013 one of Guzmán’s closest allies walked out of the prison where the US said he was running drugs from behind bars.
most powerful drug lord until his capture on Saturday would face at
least
six other pending criminal cases before extradition to the US would even
be considered.
“I don’t think it’s going to happen any time soon,” attorney general
Jesus Murillo Karam said in a radio interview. “This is the start of a
full investigation that will allow us to fully eradicate his
organisation. It would be pointless to do anything else.”
Some experts on both sides of the border have said that keeping Guzmán in
Mexican hands could squander the opportunity to exploit his unparalleled
knowledge of the country’s biggest drug cartel. US prosecutors had
proven far more capable of offering captured drug lords the incentives
to co-operate with law enforcement, analysts said.
US officials routinely use family members as tools to pressure
defendants into giving up information, granting visas to relatives of
co-operative prisoners while threatening to leave loved ones penniless by
freezing assets of drug lords who refuse to assist. Mexican authorities arrested Guzmán, 56, along with his
former beauty queen wife and twin toddlers but let the woman go because there
were no charges pending against her. Observers called it a staggering
missed opportunity that would not have occurred in the US.
The Mexican government said there was no way Guzmán would repeat the 2001
escape that let him roam western Mexico for 13 years as he moved
billions of dollars of cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin around the
world. Mexican authorities say they want to be the first to interrogate
Guzmán and use the information to dismantle his Sinaloa cartel, a
multi-billion dollar enterprise that dominates drug trafficking in much
of Mexico and stretches into 54 countries.
There are concerns in the US that Peña Nieto’s administration and those of his predecessors
have proven unable to match headline-grabbing arrests like Guzmán’s with
complex, long-term investigations and prosecutions of deep-rooted
criminal networks. Cases have stalled and cartels have continued to
operate. In 2013 one of Guzmán’s closest allies walked out of the
prison where the US said he was running drugs from behind bars.