Judge sets March 5 as the deadline for the US to request the extradition of Ovidio Guzmán

And federal judge of the State of Mexico set March 5 as the deadline for the United States Department of State to submit the application extradition formal to that country of Ovid Guzman Lopez“The mouse “.

Although it is known that the son of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán is required by a District of Columbia Courtthe US Department of State has not provided the Mexican government with the official petition file.

The District Judge Specialized in the Accusatory Criminal System of the Federal Criminal Justice Center in the State of Mexico, residing in Almoloya de Juárez (Altiplano) acting as Control Judge, determined that “the March 5, 2023, the deadline expires for the requesting State to formulate the respective formal request”.

It should be noted that the Sixth District Judge in Amparo Matters in Mexico City, where initially the defense of Ovidio Guzmán filed an appeal for amparo against the extradition order, he declared himself incompetent to hear this matter.

On January 18, the Fifth District Judge in Matters of Amparo and Federal Trials in the State of Mexico, Alfonso López Moreno, ordered that Ovidio Guzmán must remain imprisoned in the Federal Center for Social Readaptation (Cefereso) Number 1 “El Altiplano “, located in Almoloya, and granted him a new suspension in order to avoid his extradition to the United States.

“This precautionary measure is granted, so that the direct complainant is not extradited and remains at the disposal of this court of protection, in what corresponds to his personal freedom, in the place where he is being held and at the disposal of the judge. responsible, without prejudice to the continuation of the extradition procedure that is being ordered. The above, until as long as the final suspension is not issued”, determined the judge.

It was on January 5, 2023, three years after he was released, the Mexican Armed Forces recaptured Ovidio Guzmán López in Culiacán, Sinaloa. His recapture, as happened in October 2019, caused dozens of men from the Sinaloa Cartel to riot to prevent the removal of his leader to Mexico City.

According to the Secretary of National Defense, Luis Cresencio Sandoval, the arrest was achieved thanks to an operation in the syndicate of Jesús María, municipality of Culiacán, derived from six months of reconnaissance and surveillance work in the area of ​​influence of Ovidio Guzmán and his group. criminal.