was extradited to the United States on Friday, nine months after his arrest in Mexico, a senior U.S. law enforcement official said.
Ovidio Guzman Lopez was in federal custody in Chicago and has been linked to violence and the drug trade, the official said.Violence erupted in the city following his arrestA flight departing Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico, was halted when the airplane was hit by gunfire. The city is seeing a wave of violence after authorities captured cartel leader Ovidio Guzmán.
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