Prosecutors describe Guzmán as the overseer of a 3-decade campaign of smuggling, brutality and corruption that fueled an epidemic of cocaine abuse and related violence in the U.S.
Guzmán was ordered held without bail in a special Manhattan jail unit where other high-risk inmates - including Mafia boss John Gotti and several close associates of Osama bin Laden- spent their time awaiting trial
El Chapo, who twice made dramatic escapes from Mexican prisons and was one of the world's most wanted drug lords, was accompanied by two lawyers during the appearance in federal court in Brooklyn
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the extradition via Twitter. The Sinaloa cartel leader is wanted on drug trafficking and other charges in the United States.
A judicial official confirmed that the order is directed at Ernesto "Don Neto" Fonseca Carrillo, co-founder of the Guadalajara cartel, for the case of the kidnapping, torture and killing of DEA agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena
Emma Coronel was accompanied by Guzmán's attorney and they claimed that 'El Chapo' has suffered from declining health since he arrived at the Altiplano prison in January 2016
Lawyer José Refugio Rodríguez said the government could appeal the decision and it could take three months to resolve.
Mexico's Interior Minister Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong says the government has no choice but to follow the judge's order.
Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo is one the founders of modern Mexican drug trafficking. He is serving a 40-year sentence for the 1985 slaying of Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena.
The drug lord walked free in 2013 after a federal court overturned his 40-year sentence in agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena's kidnapping, torture and murder.