Chicago group withdraws Guzman's Public Enemy No. 1 title
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}In this courtroom drawing, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, center, appears in a New York courtroom on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, after being extradited by Mexico to face federal drug trafficking and other charges. Guzman entered a not-guilty plea through his court-appointed lawyer and will be held without bail in a jail that has handled terror suspects and mobsters. From left are, Federal Judge James Orenstein; Assistant US Attorney Patricia Notopoulos; Federal Defender Michael Schneider, Federal Defender Michelle Gelernt, partially obscured; and the defendant. The three men at rear are Deputy U.S. Marshals. (Elizabeth Williams via AP) (The Associated Press)
An anti-crime group in Chicago is stripping alleged drug lord Joaquin (wah-KEEN') "El Chapo" Guzman of his title as the city's Public Enemy No. 1 following his extradition to the United States.
The only other person the Chicago Crime Commission ever deemed worthy of that label was Prohibition-era gangster Al Capone. The non-government commission withdraws the moniker from Guzman as of Wednesday.
It named him Public Enemy No. 1 in 2013 when he was on the lam in Mexico, saying his Sinaloa cartel smuggled ton of drugs into the city that created massive social problems and fueled violence.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Guzman has been indicted federally in Chicago. But authorities sent him to face similar trafficking charges in New York. He pleaded not guilty plea Friday and is jailed.