Two months ago, complaining of harsh treatment in a Mexican prison, the former leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel was trying to strike a deal with US prosecutors to speed up his extradition.
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Mexico’s Foreign Ministry approved Guzman’s extradition to the United States earlier in May, and said it had received guarantees that the death penalty would not be sought against him.
Rodriguez added that the lawyers who filed it, Juan Pablo Badillo and Jose Luis Gonzalez Mesa, are not part of the team working on the extradition case.
Lawyer Andres Granados told The Associated Press on Wednesday the two networks have to pay for the right to use Guzman’s name and nickname, which can be translated as “Shorty”.
Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs had authorized Guzman being handed over to USA authorities on May 6, a decision his lawyers call unconstitutional. Authorities suddenly transferred him there in recent weeks from the Altiplano lockup near Mexico City where he was being held before, citing work being done to improve security at the facility.
The attorneys accused Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, Government Secretary Miguel Angel Osorio and Foreign Secretary Claudia Ruiz Massieu of “trampling” on the country’s established laws outlined in its constitution, the Latin American Herald Tribune reported.
Granados was at the headquarters of Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission to present a complaint against the Mexican government, saying it was trying to interfere with Guzman’s defense by denying it copies of a Friday ruling that his extradition to the United States can proceed.
March was the first time Guzman had seemed willing to be extradited to the U.S. Before that, his legal team had vowed to block the move.
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Mexican courts recently approved two US requests for Guzman’s extradition and formally sent notification to the Foreign Relations Department. Guzman had escaped the Altilpano prison in 2015 and was returned there after he was recaptured in January.
