Attorneys for the former kingpin of the Sinaloa Cartel are using Trump's comments about Mexican immigrants being 'rapists and murderers' as evidence that any trial in the U.S. will be biased.
Mexican and U.S. officials want to have El Chapo, whose real name is Joaquin Guzman Loera, tried and imprisoned in America because of his track record of escaping from Mexican prisons.Guzman, who made billions of dollars smuggling drugs from the east of Mexico into America, was first captured by authorities in 1993 when he was sentenced to 20 years behind bars.However, he was free again in 2001 after bribing prison guards with a reported $2.5million to turn a blind eye as he was wheeled out of jail in a laundry basket.
It took authorities 13 years to relocate Guzman, who narrowly avoided capture several times, before he was locked away again in 2014.
Despite repeated warnings by U.S. authorities that Mexico did not have the means to hold Guzman he was again thrown into their most secure prison, and freed himself for a second time in 2015.
Guzman was recaptured by Mexican marines after a fierce firefight last week and is now facing life behind bars on drug trafficking and murder.
This time Mexican authorities have agreed to have the cartel boss extradited, a move which his lawyers are bitterly resisting.
Trump used the issue of Mexican immigration across America's southern border to launch his presidential campaign.
Daily Mail UK
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