"El Chapo" Guzmán was arrested in Mazatlan, Mexico early on Saturday morning. Now it seems that he may be extradited to the United States. Bob Nardoza, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York, told CBS news that U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch of the Brooklyn Federal District plans to formally seek Guzmán's extradition. Guzman is wanted on charges pertaining to drug trafficking in New York, California, Texas, Florida and Illinois.
El Chapo Guzmán had a $5 million bounty placed on his head by the American government. Presently, Mexican authorities want ot keep Guzmán on Mexican soil, however, there is growing concern internationally, particularly after his 2001 escape from a Mexican prison inside a laundry basket. Guzmán pioneered a complicated system of underground tunnels to hide and escape from authorities as well as smuggling drug shipments across the border. In recent years, Guzmán has targeted Chicago.
DEA leader in Chicago, Jack Riley told “48 Hours” that Chicago was targeted by Guzmán for “the same reason there's many fortune 500 companies here…it is a business logistic home run," he said. "We're over some of the biggest interstates in the country here in addition to the trucking and obviously the rail and that's what makes this area so important to traffickers." Guzmán's threat to Chicago was so severe that he was named "Public Enemy Number One."
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