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Mexican drug lord Chapo wants to be extradited to US quickly

Guzman was recaptured on January 8 after tunneling out of his previous jail cell/FILE

Guzman was recaptured on January 8 after tunneling out of his previous jail cell/FILE

MEXICO CITY, Mar 2 – Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has asked his defense team to expedite his extradition to the United States because he is being mistreated in a maximum-security prison, one of his lawyers said Wednesday.

Guzman, who was recaptured on January 8 after tunneling out of his previous jail cell in a spectacular escape, made the request in an “act of desperation,” said lawyer Jose Refugio Rodriguez in a radio interview.

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