Seven years ago, US special agent Ray Donovan began an in-depth study of the Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman saga — and it quickly became an obsession
1 / 4Ray Donovan, the US DEA chief in New York who obsessively pursued now-imprisoned drug baron Joaquin "El Chapo" GuzmanRay Donovan, the US DEA chief in New York who obsessively pursued now-imprisoned drug baron Joaquin"El Chapo" Guzman New York - Seven years ago, US special agent Ray Donovan began an in-depth study of the Joaquin"El Chapo" Guzman saga -- and it quickly became an obsession.
It took a massive team and years of work that saw Donovan manage to identify Guzman's suppliers and partners, along with hitmen, lawyers and lovers -- intel that led to captures in 2014 and 2016. "I don't think many people thought that we would capture him," Donovan said."There is this myth that he was almost untouchable."
"If it wasn't for them, and their partnership, their willingness to collaborate with us -- there's no way El Chapo would be in Colorado today." Donovan would not say if Caro Quintero continues to traffic drugs, but believes the wanted boss is hidden in Mexico.Donovan said evidence of Guzman's guilt is so overwhelming that if the government presented all of it during court proceedings it would have taken eight months, versus three.
Donovan said extraditing criminals, which the US has done for years from Colombia, is the way to go in Mexico and elsewhere:"The one thing that these drug traffickers fear more than anything else is the American judicial system."
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