( CNN ) -- Could the captured Sinaloa cartel boss who was one of Mexico 's most wanted fugitives be heading to the United States for trial ? He will , if U.S. federal prosecutors have anything to say about it . Bob Nardoza , a spokesman for the U.S. attorney 's office for the Eastern District of New York , said Sunday that American authorities plan to seek the extradition of Joaquin `` El Chapo '' Guzman . Authorities captured the notorious drug lord Saturday in the Mexican Pacific resort city of Mazatlan . Cases are pending against him in New York and several other United States jurisdictions , and it 's not clear which requests would take priority . But just because the United States wants to extradite him does n't mean Guzman will be heading north of the border any time soon . `` Mexico is going to want to prosecute him . They 're going to want the first shot at him , '' CNN law enforcement analyst Tom Fuentes said Sunday . `` The extradition to the U.S. could happen at a later date , but I doubt it . I think that the Mexicans are going to want him , and they 're going to want to keep him in prison down there . '' Guzman escaped from a high-security Mexican prison in 2001 , reportedly hiding in a laundry basket . Throughout the years , he avoided being caught because of his enormous power to bribe corrupt local , state and federal Mexican officials . His nickname , which means `` Shorty , '' matches his 5-foot-6-inch frame . From New York to Chicago , Texas to San Diego , Guzman and his lieutenants are named in indictments for marijuana , cocaine and heroin trafficking , as well as racketeering , money laundering , kidnapping and conspiracy to commit murder . In Chicago , the city 's crime commission named Guzman its Public Enemy No . 1 last year . But more than anywhere else , Fuentes said , the `` Public Enemy No . 1 '' designation is true for Guzman in Mexico . `` He 's responsible for the deaths of thousands of people . He 's considered one of the richest men in the world , and the Sinaloa cartel ... is considered the most prolific drug-trafficking organization in the world , '' said Fuentes , former assistant director of the FBI 's Office of International Operations . When Guzman escaped from prison , he had served seven years of a 20-year , nine-month sentence . Mexico 's attorney general 's office said there were eight warrants for Guzman 's arrest there -- two tied to his 2001 escape , and six more for alleged crimes committed since then . Authorities said they were taking him to the Altiplano prison outside Mexico City on Saturday , where he was set to be interrogated . No attorney had yet come forward representing the cartel boss , officials said , and no extradition request had been made . Eduardo Medina Mora , the Mexican ambassador to the United States , told The New York Times that authorities from the United States and Mexico had been working together on the case for months , but had n't worked out whether Guzman would be extradited . `` I think it 's important that first he faces the charges against him in Mexico , '' Medina Mora told the newspaper . Rep. Michael McCaul , chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee , said Mexican officials should consider extradition now . `` The normal sequence is , Mexico being a sovereign nation , ( it ) has the first prosecution . However , there 's a history here . He escaped from a prison in 2001 . There is corruption in that country . And I would ask that the Mexicans consider extraditing him to the United States , where he will be put into a 'supermax ' prison under tight security , where he can not escape , and be brought to justice with a life sentence , '' McCaul told ABC 's `` This Week . '' `` I think that would be the best course of action for not only Mexico , but also the United States , in ensuring that what happened in 2001 does not happen again . '' How likely extradition is , the Texas Republican congressman said , depends on how much pressure the State Department puts on Mexico 's government . But he said it would be worth the effort . `` The track record 's not good with this individual , '' he said . `` This is an exceptional case . This is the largest , biggest drug lord we 've ever seen in the world . '' Phil Jordan , who spent three decades with the DEA and headed the agency 's El Paso Intelligence Center , said extraditing Guzman is the only way to truly cripple his organization . `` It is a significant arrest , provided he gets extradited immediately to the United States , '' Jordan told CNN Saturday . `` If he does not get extradited , then he will be allowed to escape within a period of time . ... If he is , in fact , incarcerated , until he gets extradited to the United States , it will be business as usual . '' CNNMexico.com and CNN 's Ray Sanchez and Evan Perez contributed to this report .
Official : The United States will seek to extradite Joaquin `` El Chapo '' Guzman . The Sinaloa cartel boss faces charges in several U.S. jurisdictions . Analyst : Mexico will want to prosecute him , keep him in prison . He had served seven years of a 20-year sentence when he escaped .