Drug lord El Chapo arrives in New York

Описание: (20 Jan 2017)
Infamous Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who twice escaped from maximum-security prisons in his country, was extradited on Thursday at the request of the United States to face drug trafficking and other charges.
A plane carrying Guzman landed at a suburban airport, where a caravan of SUVs waited for him. He was then transported to the Metropolitan Correctional Centre in Manhattan.
Guzman, the convicted leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel, one of the world's largest drug trafficking organizations, was expected to spend the night in a New York jail before his first appearance in a federal courthouse in Brooklyn on Friday, officials said.
Mexico's Department of Foreign Relations announced Guzman was handed over to U.S. authorities for transportation to the US earlier on Thursday, the last full day of Democratic President Barack Obama's administration and a day before Republican Donald Trump's scheduled inauguration.


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