Court Denies Ovidio Guzman Warrant Against Extradition To The U.S.

By Char 7/08/2023 07:11:00 PM
"Char" for Borderland Beat

This article translated and reposted from La Jornada

The fifth district court in matters of amparo and federal trials, based in Toluca, State of Mexico, denied the protection of federal justice to Ovidio Guzmán López, El Ratón, son of Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán, who was seeking to stop his extradition process to the United States, where the justice system of that country intends to try him on eleven drug trafficking and money laundering charges.

Judge Alfonso Alexander López Moreno refused to protect Guzmán López from the formalization of the international extradition request by the United States.

On March 7, during the hearing held at the Altiplano prison, Ovidio Guzmán López and his defense attorneys pointed out that the imprisoned man, who was identified by Mexican authorities as the son of El Chapo Guzmán, was not the person sought by U.S. justice. But the judge also denied him the protection of federal justice in that regard, thus validating Ovidio Guzmán's identification.

The ruling may be appealed by Ovidio Guzman's defense and reviewed by an appellate court.

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