Extradited Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ arrives in US

AFP, NEW YORK: Mexican drug baron Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, one of the world’s most notorious criminals, was extradited to the United States on Thursday to face charges on the eve of Donald Trump’s inauguration.Guzman heads the Sinaloa cartel, which is accused of generating much of the deadly violence in Mexico’s decades-long drug war and providing tons of narcotics to the United States.
The drug kingpin landed at MacArthur Airport on Long Island, the US Justice Department said. US television broadcast footage of what appeared to be his convoy arriving outside a New York jail, the street outside bristling with heavily armed US Marshalls.
His extradition caps a Hollywood-worthy cat-and-mouse game between Mexican authorities and the slippery 59-year-old drug lord, who escaped from prison twice.
His feats turned him into a legend of Mexico’s underworld, with musicians singing his praises in folk ballads known as “narcocorridos”—tributes to drug capos. US prosecutors said Brooklyn federal attorney Robert Capers will hold a news conference at 10:00 am (1500 GMT) -- less than two hours before Trump’s inauguration—to announce his extradition and arraignment.

 

Extradited Mexican drug lord El Chapo arrives in US

AFP, NEW YORK: Mexican drug baron Joaquin El Chapo Guzman, one of the worlds most notorious criminals, was extradited to the United States on Thursday to face charges on the eve of Donald Trumps inauguration.Guzman heads the Sinaloa cartel, which is accused of generating much of the deadly violence in Mexicos decades-long drug war and providing tons of narcotics to the United States. The drug kingpin landed at MacArthur Airport on Long Island, the US Justice Department said. US television broadcast footage of what appeared to be his convoy arriving outside a New York jail, the street outside bristling with heavily armed US Marshalls. His extradition caps a Hollywood-worthy cat-and-mouse game between Mexican authorities and the slippery 59-year-old drug lord, who escaped from prison twice. His feats turned him into a legend of Mexicos underworld, with musicians singing his praises in folk ballads known as narcocorridostributes to drug capos. US prosecutors said Brooklyn federal attorney Robert Capers will hold a news conference at 10:00 am (1500 GMT) -- less than two hours before Trumps inaugurationto announce his extradition and arraignment.