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Urgent: Mexican druglord "El Chapo" Guzman to be extradited to U.S.

Xinhua, May 21, 2016 Adjust font size:

Mexican druglord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is to be extradited to the United States, the Foreign Affairs Ministry (SRE) announced on Friday.

The ministry said it has notified Guzman, who was recently moved to a prison close to the U.S. border, that it had approved an extradition request filed by a federal district court of Texas. Endit