The United States will demand extradition to Mexico of the remaining children of drug trafficker Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmanknown as “los chapitos” after receiving the title from Ovidio Guzman, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Wednesday.

Garland told the House Judiciary Committee that “of course” he would seek the extradition “and capture of all” descendants of a notorious Mexican drug trafficker currently serving a prison sentence. life imprisonment in the USA.

Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, leader of the Sinaloa cartel, four living children: Ovidio Guzmanextradited to the United States on September 15, Ivan Archibaldo Guzman, Jesus Alfredo Guzman and Joaquin Guzman. The fifth, who was the firstborn, Edgar Guzmanwas killed in 2008.

The drug trafficker’s four living children are known as “chapitos” and are accused by the United States of “systematically” transport tons of cocaine from South and Central America to and through the Nordic country.

Answering a question from congressmen, Garland refused to call Mexico’s cooperation with the United States on the extradition of the Chapito good and limited himself to pointing out that cooperation could be better.

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“They obviously worked with us on Ovid. Its capture by the Mexicans caused the death of a significant number of Mexican sailors,” Garland admitted.

“I would say collaboration can always be better. We have a serious problem with fentanyl that comes from Mexico and is produced there (…) I went (to Mexico) twice to try to get cooperation,” Garland said.

(EFE)