<p>Mexican prosecutors said Sunday that they have extradited to the United States an associate of jailed drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.</p>.<p>Local media have identified the suspect as Jose Sanchez Villalobos, a financial operator and tunnel builder for the jailed Chapo.</p>.<p>"US prosecutors determined that Jose S was the head of a criminal organization," a statement from the prosecutors' office said.</p>.<p>Mexican authorities had said in 2012 they had detained Sanchez, who at the time was wanted in the US for cocaine trafficking.</p>.<p>Sanchez was handed over to authorities at a federal court in California, where he is wanted on organized crime charges.</p>.<p>The suspect extradited was known as "The Lord of the Tunnels" due to his underground mastery, which helped the Sinaloa cartel secretly move drugs into the United States.</p>.<p>Sinaloa kingpin El Chapo was also extradited in 2017 to the US, where he is serving a life sentence.</p>
<p>Mexican prosecutors said Sunday that they have extradited to the United States an associate of jailed drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.</p>.<p>Local media have identified the suspect as Jose Sanchez Villalobos, a financial operator and tunnel builder for the jailed Chapo.</p>.<p>"US prosecutors determined that Jose S was the head of a criminal organization," a statement from the prosecutors' office said.</p>.<p>Mexican authorities had said in 2012 they had detained Sanchez, who at the time was wanted in the US for cocaine trafficking.</p>.<p>Sanchez was handed over to authorities at a federal court in California, where he is wanted on organized crime charges.</p>.<p>The suspect extradited was known as "The Lord of the Tunnels" due to his underground mastery, which helped the Sinaloa cartel secretly move drugs into the United States.</p>.<p>Sinaloa kingpin El Chapo was also extradited in 2017 to the US, where he is serving a life sentence.</p>