The drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman will be extradited to the U.S. after his capture, according to Mexican Attorney General Arely Gomez.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is still a wanted man in Sweden. The Swedish Supreme Court has denied Assange’s appeal to lift a 2010 arrest warrant in connection to the sexual assault charges against him.

Two British judges have decided that Wikileaking lothario Julian Assange can petition the British Supreme Court to consider his appeal against extradition to Sweden, where authorities want to ask him about two alleged sexual assault incidents. This means he won't have to cancel his holiday plans, which included adapting the contents of diplomatic cables into Christmas carols (probably).

As we predicted, international man of mystery and leaky things Julian Assange has lost his appeal against extradition to Sweden, where the authorities still want to ask him some questions about those two alleged sexual assault incidents. Assange won't have to leave his adoptive party pad in Norwich just yet: his lawyers can appeal to the British Supreme Court, and this will require hearings that will delay Assange's actual extradition. But he's definitely running out of legal options—not that he'd ever admit it.

The State Department announced today that it won't seek extradition from Canada for Randy Quaid and his bonkers wife Evi so that they can stand trial for vandalism in Santa Barbara. Think of it this way: we traded Canada one Bieber for two Quaids!

Wikileaks mastermind Julian Assange appeared in a high security court south of London today for a hearing regarding his fight against extradition to Sweden on allegations of sexual assault. The full hearing is scheduled for February 7-8. [NYT]

Accused arms dealer Viktor Bout, the "Merchant of Death," arrived in New York last night to face terrorism charges. But according to his website, Bout is "a dynamic, charismatic, spontaneous, well-dressed, well-spoken, and highly energetic person." Well, okay then!

Accused Russian arms dealer Viktor "Merchant of Death" Bout is on a US-bound plane today to face terrorism charges after losing a two-year extradition battle in Thailand, even after the DoJ almost blew the whole thing. Russia is pissed. [NYT]

Why did Switzerland refuse to extradite fugitive rapist Roman Polanski back to America? Apparently, because of a paperwork mistake.

A British actress, now 44, alleges Polanski abused her in his Paris apartment when she was 16—an incident similar to his rape of Samantha Geimer, 13. In fact he was running from those charges at the time.

A court in LA has denied Polanski's latest attempt to stay in his Swiss chalet forever more and avoid all the nasty prosecutors waiting for him in California. The decision may, finally, mean his return to the US. [CNN]