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Speaking at his regular morning news Online Cigarettes Store USA conference, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who earlier this year announced the creation of a "Robin Hood" institute to return ill-gotten wealth to the Mexican people, gave his approval to the idea.
"I liked the declaration. I don't know if it's true, I can't verify it, but if it's as it came out in the media, that a lawyer says Guzman wants his wealth to be given to Mexico's Newport Pleasure indigenous communities, I think it's good," he said.
"Also, we have started a process because we want everything that's confiscated in the United States from criminals or suspected criminals from Mexico is returned to Mexico," he added.
Lopez Obrador, a veteran leftist who took office in December, gave few details on the initiative beyond saying that his government would undertake "all necessary legal actions" to go after such money in the United States due to Mexicans.
The initiative may raise eyebrows in the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, who ran for office vowing to close the border to criminals and drugs from Mexico, and accused the country of taking advantage of the United States on trade.
In July, U.S. authorities sought a court order requiring Guzman to forfeit $12.7 billion made from his drug-running Newport 100s Box career after his conviction this year for racketeering and drug trafficking crimes.
Lawyer Gonzalez Meza told Reuters that while Guzman, 62, had never admitted to having earned the billions, he was of the view that whatever money the U.S. authorities were referring to should be sent back to Mexico and distributed there.
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