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(Recast)1st LD: Mexico approves extradition of druglord "El Chapo" Guzman to U.S.

Xinhua, May 21, 2016 Adjust font size:

Mexican druglord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman will be extradited to the United States, the Foreign Affairs Ministry 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 in the United States.

"Today, Mr. Joaguin Guzman Loera ... was notified of the agreements with which the Mexican government grants his international extradition to the government of the United States to be tried by the Federal District Court for the Western District of Texas," the ministry said.

Guzman was charged with "the crimes of criminal conspiracy, crimes against public health, organized crime, possession of arms, homicide and money laundering," according to the ministry.

Guzman has 30 days to appeal the decision, the minister said. Also, upon Mexico's request, the United States offers assurances that Guzman would not face the death penalty, it added.

In addition, the ministry said, the head of Mexico's powerful Sinaloa Cartel is wanted by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California on charges of importing, possessing and distributing cocaine. Endit