The trial against "El Chapo" has been completed in Mexico: the Court dismissed two appeals against his extradition

The first chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of the nation (SCJN) on Wednesday dismissed two appeals filed by the defense of the founder of the Sinaloa cartel, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera, against the Mexican government for extradition. your customer in the United States, in January 2017.

Unanimously, the ministers of the First Chamber declared without foundation the arguments of Guzmán Loera's defense, who tried to prove that their client had not been extradited in accordance with the guidelines of the bilateral treaty. material.

With the decision of the SCJN, the legal remedies of El Chapo Guzmán in the Mexican courts are exhausted.

The attorneys argued that the toad had been made available to the New York East District Court, a body charged with requesting the extradition of his client.

With these legal remedies, the Corporal intended that the Court reconsider a decision of the Minister Luis María Aguilar Morales, who, in September 2018, rejected the request of one of his lawyers to reconsider two amparo resolutions that he had defended against him. the extradition of Guzmán Loera.

Minister Norma Lucía Piña Hernández proposed to declare unsuccessful the appeals lodged by the cappo's lawyers, which have been approved.

Guzmán Loera was extradited to the United States on January 19, 2017, where he faces 10 counts of crimes related to drug trafficking and money laundering. The jury that will decide whether or not to face the sentence of life imprisonment required by the prosecution is at the deliberation stage.

As the leader of the Sinaloa cartel, Guzman is accused of introducing more than 150 tons of cocaine and other illegal substances into the United States, generating billions of dollars in profits.

"El Chapo" is the only man to have managed to escape twice (2001 and 2014) from a federal maximum security prison located in Mexico.

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