Mexico extraditing top capo, others from max security jail

Mexican officials would not comment on the timing of the extraditions or say whether they had to do with Guzman’s escape.

Jean Baptiste Kingery was charged on November 20, 2013 in the Central District of California with arms trafficking related to the illegal exportation of defense articles and munitions from the United States to Mexico.

Valdez, a U.S.-born former leader of the Beltran Leyva cartel, according to Mexican and US authorities, was arrested in August 2010 during then-President Felipe Calderon’s battle with Mexico’s powerful drug gangs. Guzman fled a Mexican prison through a tunnel in July. “Maybe they don’t feel as safe now about the security in the prison system”.

AP One of the people extradited includes a man accused in the 2011 killing of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jaime Zapata.

Others are suspects in the murders of a United States consulate employee and her husband in 2010.

The United States filed an extradition request for Guzman about 2 1/2 weeks before his July 11 escape. His lawyer said his escape was a direct result of learning that the extradition was imminent. Last year, the number was 66.

Critics said Pena Nieto should have handed over Guzman given Mexico’s past record with the capo.

Mexico has extradited to the United States 13 alleged drug traffickers, including a high-profile suspect nicknamed ‘La Barbie, ‘ authorities said Wednesday.

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In regard to Wednesday’s extradition, the U.S. Department of Justice praised the move through a prepared statement heralding a new era of collaboration that began on June 16, when Attorney General Loretta Lynch met with her Mexican counterpart Arely Gomez.