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Kirk Statement on Escape of Drug Kingpin "El Chapo" Guzman

Statement

By: Mark Kirk
By: Mark Kirk
Date: July 13, 2015
Location: Chicago, IL
Issues: Guns Drugs

U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) released the following statement today after Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman escaped for the second time from a Mexican maximum security prison and is currently on the run:

"As Chicago's Public Enemy No. 1, El Chapo Guzman should be pursued with full engagement of U.S. law enforcement resources to recapture him and extradite him to the U.S. With a current indictment against Guzman, Chicago's top-level prosecutors stand ready to put Guzman behind bars and put an end to his control of the illegal drug and weapons trade that is breeding violence on Chicago's streets."


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