Ovidio Guzman Lopez, who has been in custody in Mexico since January, was indicted in April on charges of drug trafficking and other crimes.
was extradited to the United States on Friday, nine months after his arrest in Mexico, a senior U.S. law enforcement official said.
Ovidio Guzman Lopez was in federal custody in Chicago and has been linked to violence and the drug trade, the official said. A joint operation between the DEA and the U.S. Marshals Service led to the extradition.Violence erupted in the city following his arrestAfter a previous arrest in 2019, Mexican authorities released Guzman following a gunbattle known as the “Battle of Culiacán.
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