Notorious drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman convicted

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 17:45:58 +0000

Joaquin Guzman in New York

Mexico’s most notorious drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was convicted Tuesday of running an industrial-scale smuggling operation after a three-month trial packed with Hollywood-style tales of grisly killings, political payoffs, cocaine hidden in jalapeno cans, jewel-encrusted guns and a naked escape with his mistress through a tunnel.

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No verdict for El Chapo after second day of deliberations

Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2019 23:01:13 +0000

No verdict for El Chapo after second day of deliberations

A jury at the U.S. trial of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman concluded its second day of deliberations without a verdict Tuesday after jurors sent the judge a handful of notes indicating interest in the kingpin’s alleged attempts at diversifying his smuggling operation to include methamphetamine.

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Woman, testifying against El Chapo, details affair

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 02:11:52 +0000

Woman, testifying against El Chapo, details affair

NEW YORK — Lucero Guadalupe Sánchez López was already trapped in an impossible extramarital relationship with Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman when she found herself in an even crazier bind — fleeing with Guzman and others from authorities through an underground tunnel, her outlaw love interest in the buff.

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Drug trafficker tells of bribe to ex-president of Mexico

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 23:30:15 +0000

Drug trafficker tells of bribe to ex-president of Mexico

A drug trafficker testified that Mexican cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman once boasted paying a $100M to a former president of Mexico.

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