MEXICO CITY The Mexican judge who handled several legal challenges filed by lawyers for Joaquin El Chapo Guzman, as well as other high-profile drug cases, has been fatally shot, Reuters reports.
Judge Vicente Bermudez was shot in the head outside his home Monday, dying soon after. He presided over several cases involving drug kingpins, including recent legal challenges filed by Guzman, the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, who has filed appeals seeking to prevent his extradition to the United States, where he faces drug-trafficking, money-laundering, weapons and murder charges.
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