He did not say how many others nor why they are being sent now.
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Guzman, 58, has been a fugitive since he slipped out of prison through a tunnel on July 11.
Others are suspects in the murders of a U.S. consulate employee and her husband in 2010.
The Department of Justice stated that the following 12 defendants were placed in the custody of U.S. Marshals Service late this afternoon.
Mexico on Wednesday extradited 13 people to the United States associated with drug trafficking, including two top drug lords with ties to Texas and a man accused in the killing of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Mexico in 2011.
President Enrique Pena Nieto’s decision to try Guzman in Mexico instead of immediately extraditing him to the United States past year has come under scrutiny since the escape. His lawyer said his escape was a direct result of learning that the extradition was imminent. Valdez Villarreal also faces narcotics-related charges in the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Edgar Valdez Villarreal, an ex-Texas high school football player, … US authorities did not release his name, however, Mexican authorities confirmed the identity of the 13th man. He was nicknamed “the Barbie” for his fair complexion and green eyes.
Following Guzman’s jailbreak, the Mexican government revealed it had received an extradition request from the United States for the Sinaloa boss, who was the most wanted drug lord in the world before his capture in February 2014.
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“Today’s extraditions would not have been possible without the close collaboration and productive relationship the Department of Justice enjoys with officials at the highest levels of law enforcement in Mexico”, Lynch said in the statement.
