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<h3><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="color: #000000;">Sinaloa cartel drug lord Damaso Lopez was <span style="font-size: 18.72px;">extradited</span> on Friday from Mexico to the United States </span></span></h3>
<h3><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Lopez faces charges of conspiring to distribute cocaine and commit money laundering </strong></span></h3>
<h3><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Faces possible life imprisonment if convicted in the U.S </strong></span></h3>
<h3><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>&#8216;El Licenciado&#8217; as he is called was the former right-hand man of drug kingpin Joaquin &#8216;El Chapo&#8217; Guzman, who he helped escape from prison in 2001</strong></span></h3>
<h3><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>After Guzman&#8217;s recapture in 2016, Lopez fought with El Chapo&#8217;s sons over control of the cartel </strong></span></h3>
<h3><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>‘El Chapo’ Guzmán is currently sitting in a maximum security cell block in New York facing charges of illegal drug activity</strong></span><b> </b></h3>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-295801" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Damaso-Lopez-2.jpg" alt="Damaso Lopez 2" width="684" height="892" />Former El Chapo right hand man, drug lord Damaso Lopez is seen above being extradited to the U.S. on Friday</strong></h6>
<p class="imageCaption">Juarez Sinaloa cartel drug lord Damaso Lopez was extradited Friday from the border city of Ciudad Juarez to the United States, Mexico&#8217;s federal attorney general&#8217;s office said.<br />
Known by his alias &#8216;El Licenciado,&#8217; which is a title for college graduates, Lopez was the right-hand man of drug kingpin Joaquin &#8216;El Chapo&#8217; Guzman and helped him escape from a Mexican prison in 2001.<br />
After Guzman&#8217;s arrest in 2016, he started a bloody battle with Guzman&#8217;s sons for control of the Sinaloa cartel.</p>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-295800" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Damaso-Lopez-3.jpg" alt="Damaso Lopez 3" width="638" height="335" /><strong>Security agents escort drug lord &#8216;El Licenciado,&#8217; [photo], who was being extradited to America on Friday from the border town of Ciudad where he was held</strong></h6>
<p class="imageCaption">Acting Attorney General Alberto Elias Beltran said Lopez &#8216;is potentially a key witness&#8217; against &#8216;El Chapo&#8217; Guzman, who is facing trial in the United States.<br />
Lopez himself faces charges of conspiring to distribute cocaine and commit money laundering and could face life imprisonment if convicted in the U.S.</p>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-295799" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Damaso-Lopez-4.jpg" alt="Damaso Lopez 4.JPG" width="644" height="343" /><strong>Mexican authorities say Lopez [seen in handcuffs]. stirred violence in the Pacific coast states of Sinaloa and Baja California, especially a string of killings in the twin resorts of Los Cabos</strong></h6>
<p>Lopez himself faces U.S. charges of conspiring to distribute cocaine and commit money laundering and could face life imprisonment if convicted.</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Mexican officials blame him for violence in the Pacific coast states of Sinaloa and Baja California, especially a string of killings in the twin resorts of Los Cabos. Lopez apparently sought to ally himself with the Jalisco cartel, Mexico&#8217;s fastest-growing drug gang, to help in his battle with Guzman&#8217;s sons.<br />
Lopez was arrested at an apartment building in Mexico City in 2017.<br />
Lopez was the former right-hand man of drug lord El Chapo, and helped him escape prison in 2001.<br />
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&#8216;El Licenciado&#8217; </strong><strong>Lopez is pictured above in 2017, after his arrest in Mexico City </strong></h6>
<p>At that point, his wing of the drug cartel appeared to collapse, and his son, Damaso Lopez Serrano, turned himself in at the U.S.-Mexico border, becoming the highest-ranking member of a Mexican cartel to surrender to U.S. authorities.</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">The son pled guilty to drug smuggling charges, saying he orchestrated the shipments of thousands of pounds of methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin to the United States.<br />
With Guzman in jail, the Sinaloa Cartel has been variably controlled by Ismael &#8216;El Mayo&#8217; Zambada Garcia and Rafael Caro Quintero, two of the most traditional, old-school capos, in addition to Lopez and Guzman&#8217;s sons, Ivan Archivaldo Guzman and Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar.</p>
<h6 class="image-wrap fff-pic"><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-295798" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Joaquin-“El-Chapo”Guzmán.jpg" alt="Joaquin “El Chapo”Guzmán.JPG" width="627" height="413" />Joaquin “El Chapo”Guzmán is seen after his recapture following a daring prison break in 2014</strong></h6>
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<div>&#8216;El Chapo&#8217; Guzman was extradited to the United States in 2017 to face drug trafficking, money laundering and other charges. He has pled not guilty.</div>
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Mexico authorities extradite drug lord ‘El Licenciado’ – El Chapo’s former right hand man who helped Sinaloa boss escape from prison in 2001
