The United States Department of Justice reported that Ovidio Guzmán López‘El Ratón’, son of Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán, He was extradited to the United States.
”Today, as a result of police cooperation between the United States and Mexico, Ovidio Guzmán López, leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, was extradited to the United States. “This action is the latest step in the Department of Justice’s effort to target all aspects of the cartel’s operations,” said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland.
In April, the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Anne Milgram, appeared before the US House of Representatives Appropriations Committee to report on the formal extradition request of 16 members of the Sinaloa Cartel, among which the ‘Chapitos‘.
Milgram explained that they would request the immediate extradition of Ovidio Guzmán, captured by Mexican authorities in January.
”Our priority is to get these 16 Mexicans brought to the United States to face justice,” Milgram said.
Ovidio Guzman He was arrested last Thursday, January 5during an operation in Culiacán, Sinaloa.
What is Ovidio Guzmán accused of?
The United States Department of Justice locates Ovidio Guzmán as one of its priority objectivesdue to his position as leader of the Sinaloa Cartel.
According to US authorities, ‘The Mouse’ is heir, jtogether with his brother Joaquín and, of the narcotics operations of Edgar Guzmán López. The Guzmán López brothers supervised approximately 11 methamphetamine laboratories in Sinaloa, according to investigations by the United States Government, in their ‘most wanted’ section.
Three years ago, when Ovidio Guzmán was detained and later released by federal forces, it was announced that he had arrest warrants in the United States.
A federal court in Columbia, Washington DC, presided over by Judge Rudolph Contreras, has a judicial file that accuses Ovidio Guzmán of trafficking of a ton of marijuana, methamphetamines and cocaine to the American Union, since April 2008.
How was Ovidio Guzmán captured?
‘El Ratón’, considered one of the leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel, was arrested in the early hours of Thursday, January 5, by an elite group of the Army.
Military authorities said unofficially that the capture of the capo occurred during an operation in Culiacán, a city that is involved in narcoblockades and confrontations.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said in his ‘morning’ that Thursday that the Security Secretariat will offer a report on the operation.
According to the media The NewscastersOvidio Guzmán was arrested in the ranch of Jesús Maríain Culiacán.
In the midst of this news, journalist Alejandro Domínguez assured that the Culiacán airport was already guarded by elements of the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena).
“According to the route trajectory, these two Boeing 737-800s of the Mexican Air Force that took off from Santa Lucía minutes before 8am will land. Support military personnel usually travel in them,” posted on his Twitter account.
With information from David Saúl Vela.
