Tag: Joaquin Guzman-Loera
Posted on Mon May 09, 2016 at 06:58:49 PM EST
Tags: El Chapo, Joaquin Guzman-Loera (all tags)
The potential extradition of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman-Loera is making headlines again. A few quick points:
1. The Mexican Judiciary announced today a judge in Mexico's Third District federal criminal court (Mexico City) recently ruled that the U.S. request for El Chapo's extradition to the Southern District of California (San Diego) is legally sufficient, meaning it complied with the treaty requirements. The ruling applies to the Fourth Superseding Indictment in the 1995 Otay Mesa tunnel case. The announcement (in Spanish) is here. [More...]
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Posted on Sat Jan 09, 2016 at 09:58:59 PM EST
Tags: El Chapo, Joaquin Guzman-Loera (all tags)
I don't know why the media keeps saying Mexico has refused until now to consider extraditing Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman-Loera to the U.S. It issued two arrest warrants for his extradition, one in July and one in September, 2015. One was for his San Diego case involving the 1993 Otay Mesa tunnel, and the other was for his 2012 Indictment in the Western District of Texas.
Mexico's Attorney General confirmed this today in a statement.
The statement also describes the various time periods relevant to an extradition proceeding. The defense has the right to challenge extradition, and the process likely will take several months or longer. His lawyer says he has six writs of Amparo pending or granted, and plans to file another, as he was denied access to El Chapo this weekend at Altiplano. One of the writs was dismissed on legal grounds.[More...]
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Posted on Mon Jan 26, 2015 at 06:20:35 AM EST
Tags: El Chapo, Joaquin Guzman-Loera (all tags)
Mexico's Attorney General last week said he believed the U.S. was hours away from filing a new extradition request for Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. His lawyers immediately filed a new request a writ of Amparo seeking protection from extradition.
It's all very confusing, since the news and the court filings are in Spanish and Google translate does not do a good job of translating legal terms. I'm reprinting the summary of the court's order below from the court's website, and hoping someone can respond in comments as to whether I'm reporting this correctly. [More...]
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