Drug kingpin El Chapo’s son extradited to US, Attorney General Garland says

FILE PHOTO: Ovidio Guzman, son of kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, is briefly captured by Mexican military police in a residential compound near the centre of Culiacan in the state of Sinaloa

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A son of drug kingpin El Chapo was extradited to the United States on Friday, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement.

“Today, as a result of United States and Mexico law enforcement cooperation, Ovidio Guzman Lopez, a leader of the Sinaloa Cartel was extradited to the United States,” Garland said in a statement.

(Reporting by Kanishka Singh and Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Sandra Maler)

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