Judge halts extradition of El Chapo's son to U.S.

Details: Mexico’s Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said Guzmán's possible extradition wouldn't be immediate due to the formalities of the law, despite a 2019 arrest warrant in the U.S. for him, CNN reports.

• The foreign minister added that Guzmán also has ongoing legal proceedings in Mexico.
• The judge Friday also suspended a measure that prevented Guzmán from speaking to his legal team and his relatives, according to CNN.

Context: Guzmán, 32, was described by the U.S. State Department last month as a "high-ranking member" of the Sinaloa Cartel that his father previously led, per Reuters.

• The U.S. State Department had offered a $5 million reward for information leading to his arrest and/or conviction.
• Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador had ordered the younger Guzmán to be released after the 2019 arrest "to avoid further bloodshed."

Meanwhile, "El Chapo" is serving a life sentence at a supermax U.S. federal prison in Colorado after a jury convicted him in 2019 of 10 counts, including continuing criminal enterprise and drug trafficking offenses.