Judge granted provisional suspension to Ovidio Guzmán against extradition to the US

Ovidio Guzmán López, alias “El Ratón” was arrested twice by the Ministry of National Defense (Screenshot)

Juan Mateo Brieba de Castro, judge of the Sixth District of Amparo in Criminal Matters, granted the provisional suspension outright to Ovidio Guzmán López, El Ratón, against his extradition to the United States, for which he will remain for his trial in the Altiplano prison in Mexico.

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According to the sentence that was issued, the judge announced that the son of Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán did ratify the demand for guarantees not to be extradited to the US, therefore, “to safeguard” his rights, it was determined to activate the flat suspension and that he remain in the country.

“Since the suspensions decreed in file 24/2024 were left without effect and, since the complainant did ratify the claim that gave rise to this trial, in order to safeguard the rights of the complainant, it is considered necessary to activate the suspension flatly ”, was established this Monday, January 9.

The son of the founder of the Sinaloa Cartel was transferred to the same prison where his father was once (REUTERS/Twitter/@C4Jimenez)

The judicial decision was given after El Ratón recognized Alberto Díaz Mendieta as his lawyer, who filed an amparo to prevent his client from being handed over to the US authorities, who are claiming him for his alleged responsibility in various crimes related to organized crime. and drug trafficking.

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This occurred after the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) informed the judge handling the case of one of the leaders of Los Chapitos that there is an arrest warrant for extradition purposes within the process 6/2019, therefore It is expected that in the next few hours the director of the Federal Center for Social Readaptation of the Altiplano will report that the court orders have already been complied with.

So far, the only information available is that an incidental hearing was scheduled for January 13 at 9:00 a.m. (Central Mexico time); However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) estimated that the extradition process could be carried out within six weeks, since the provisions of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States (CPEUM) must be complied with.

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Likewise, it should be remembered that the United States has 60 days to formalize the extradition request; however, in the sentence issued on this day it was explained that the “complainant” should not be handed over to the authorities of the neighboring country.

“The provisional suspension regarding the act of extradition and its execution is decreed so that it is not executed and the complainant remains in the place where he is at the disposal of this court, only in relation to his personal liberty and not delivered to the government of the United States of America.

Information in development….

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