Mexico extradites drug lord 'El Chapo' to U.S.

[American_Jihad]

Let's see him break out of jail here...
Mexico extradites drug lord 'El Chapo' to U.S. on eve of Trump inauguration

Reuters
By Julian Cardona and Jonathan Allen
1 hr ago

Video:

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico/NEW YORK, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Mexico extradited its most notorious drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to New York on Thursday, likely ending a decades-long criminal career that included two jail breaks, the day before Donald Trump assumes the U.S. presidency.

Mexican officials said the timing of the move was both a last-minute gift to outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama and an olive branch to Trump, who has regularly insulted Mexico and threatened to tear up the NAFTA trade agreement that underpins its economy.

Guzman, 59, arrived in a small jet at Long Island's MacArthur Airport after nightfall and was walked by officials into a hangar, before a convoy of vehicles left the airport, images on Mexican television showed.

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Mexico extradites drug lord 'El Chapo' to U.S. on eve of Trump inauguration

 

[Political Junky]

Thank you, President Obama.

 

[Auld Phart]

I know what y'all are thinking, but you're wrong.

Trump Picks El Chapo to Run DEA

 

[TheOldSchool]

In some alternate universe, Mexico elected El Chapo to make Mexico great again, and Trump is praising him.

 

[American_Jihad]

In some alternate universe, Mexico elected El Chapo to make Mexico great again, and Trump is praising him.

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[RoshawnMarkwees]

Just in time for obama to pardon him.

 

[theHawk]

Funny how Mexico is already bending over backwards to appease Trump. See what happens when you elect a President with a spine?

 

[waltky]

Suspected El Chapo cohort, 2 others arrested for trafficking drugs...

Another Mexican cartel runner, 2 others arrested for trafficking
Jan. 27, 2017 -- Mexican authorities have rounded up three more accused drug-runners, including a man they believe is a high-ranking member of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán's Sinaloa cartel, officials said.

Roberto Nájera Gutiérrez was taken into custody by Mexico's Public Security Secretariat at a checkpoint in the town of Tizimín on Thursday, along with two other, lower-ranking operatives. Authorities believe Gutiérrez is one of the cartel's top bosses in the southeastern part of Mexico. The other two were identified as Miguel Angel Rodríguez Ramírez and Romeo Orantes Gómez.

Known as "La Gallina," Spanish for hen, Gutiérrez was on the lam for years before his capture. He was arrested and charged with multiple crimes in 2013, including two for homicide, before he was sprung from prison by allegedly bribing a guard. He is suspected of running drugs from Central America to multiple Mexican states, including Yucatán and Chiapas. Police said they also seized firearms during the arrest. All three will be detained in Mérida.

Investigators believe Gutiérrez was a top operator for Guzmán, who himself has been extradited to the United States to face a slew of drug-related charges. Cartel-related violence has long been problematic in Mexico and police are aggressively going after their top managers. Authorities on Thursday said they arrested, charged and extradited Jesús "El Chuy Raúl" Beltrán León, another member in the Sinaloa group, to the United States.

Another Mexican cartel runner, 2 others arrested for trafficking

 

[Carl in Michigan]

Thank you, President Obama.

I guess "thank you" for not pardoning him on your way out the door.

 

[Carl in Michigan]

I know what y'all are thinking, but you're wrong.

Trump Picks El Chapo to Run DEA

Must have hurt for them to publicly declare that one false. Guess they want SOME credibility.