| Updated Fri, January 20th 2017 at 15:57 GMT +3Mexican cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. USA: Mexican cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is expected to appear in a court in New York on Friday, shortly after his surprise extradition from Mexico ended a decades-long career in drug-trafficking, dare-devil jail breaks and murder. A Justice Department spokesman said El Chapo, or Shorty, once one of the world's most wanted drug lords, was set to appear for an arraignment at the federal court in Brooklyn. El Chapo was captured a year ago, six months after he fled a high-security penitentiary in central Mexico through a mile-long tunnel, his second dramatic prison escape. The Mexican Attorney General's office rejected claims the move was related to Trump's inauguration, noting that El Chapo faces 10 pending cases in Mexico following his U.S. sentence.

Source: Standard Digital January 20, 2017 12:59 UTC