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Mexican Court Allows Extradition of Drug Lord Chapo Guzmán to U.S.

HeadlineMay 10, 2016

A Mexican judge has ruled drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán can be extradited to the United States to face trial. Guzmán has been moved to a prison on the U.S.-Mexico border. He previously escaped from jail in Mexico twice. His attorneys had fought his extradition in part by citing discrimination against Mexicans, including the words of now-presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.

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