Just logged in and a new thread. Thank you RN. Just logged in and a new thread. Thank you RN.US Denies Mexico’s Request to Extradite “Mini Lic” Dámaso López Serrano
https://riodoce.mx/2023/05/15/niega-eu-la-extradicion-del-minilic/
Translated excerpt:
The United States Government has denied the extradition to Mexico of Dámaso López Serrano, “El Mini Lic,” to try him for the murder of journalist Javier Valdez Cárdenas. Javier was the founder/editor of Ríodoce and was killed on May 15, 2017, in Culiacan, Sinaloa.
Since 2020, the Attorney General of the Republic of Mexico obtained an arrest warrant against him and requested his extradition. He was released in 2022 after a US Federal Court in Southern California determined that he had cooperated and had already served his sentence in a maximum security prison in the United States. “El Mini Lic” spent 72 months in prison.
According to information from the FGR, the US government denied the extradition, arguing that there was no need to extradite him. After the refusal, the Prosecutor’s Office resubmitted another formal request for extradition, so the process has begun again and they are awaiting a response.
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Mexico still has Ovidio Guzman, Chapo’s eldest son, in custody and, as of today, hasn’t accepted the U.S. request to extradite him. So with this denial by the U.S. and the poor US-Mexico relations, due to FJB, will be worth a watch to see if Guzman is ever extradited to US or will he be a political pawn in US-Mexico relations.