Villalobos was arrested in early 2012 in Guadalajara. A Mexican court ordered his extradition to the US in late 2013, but he appealed. While his case made its way through the courts, Villalobos was held in the same high-security wing at Altiplano prison as his boss, Guzmán.
Members of the media wait for their turn to film the entrance to a tunnel under construction found by soldiers at a recycling plant at the Otay Mesa industrial park in Tijuana, July 12, 2012. The Mexican army located the tunnel in this border city, which would be used for smuggling drugs, weapons, and persons into the US, local media reported. The excavation, which is approximately 3 meters deep, 1.70 meters high, and 150 meters long, had ventilation and lighting. No detainees were reported.