Witness: ‘El Chapo’ gave $1M to Honduran president’s brother

NEW YORK (AP) — A Honduran former mayor and drug trafficker testified Monday that Mexican kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán personally gave $1 million to the brother of Honduras’ president in 2013 for the politician’s presidential campaign. The longtime Sinaloa cartel boss made the payment to be able to smuggle cocaine through Honduras to Guatemala,... Read More

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El Chapo

October 3, 2019

Prosecutor: ‘El Chapo’ gave $1M to Honduras leader’s brother

NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors alleged Wednesday that convicted Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán personally gave $1 million in bribes to the brother of Honduras’ president to pass on to the Central American leader, who swiftly denied wrongdoing. Prosecutor Jason Richman revealed the allegation in a federal court in Manhattan where Juan Antonio... Read More

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El Chapo

September 20, 2019

Officer who guarded El Chapo’s wife arrested in drug sting

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer who moonlighted as a bodyguard for the wife of convicted Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was arrested in a drug sting Wednesday after prosecutors say he transported cocaine for an undercover officer posing as a drug dealer. Ishmael Bailey, 36, cried as he... Read More

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El Chapo, Ishmael Bailey

August 6, 2019

Feds: ‘El Chapo’ associate asked street gang to beat witness

CHICAGO (AP) — A drug trafficker and close friend of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s sons offered $25,000 to members of Chicago’s Four Corner Hustlers street gang to severely beat another trafficker cooperating with prosecutors, government witnesses said Monday. The testimony came at the sentencing hearing in Chicago federal court of Jesus Raul... Read More

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El Chapo

July 17, 2019

Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ faces sentencing in US case

NEW YORK (AP) — Will the notorious Mexican drug lord known as “El Chapo” go quietly? For Joaquin Guzman, that’s the biggest question at his sentencing in New York City on Wednesday. The highly-anticipated hearing could be his last chance to speak publicly before spending the rest of his life behind bars at a maximum... Read More

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El Chapo

July 4, 2019

Judge rejects Mexican drug lord El Chapo’s new trial bid

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge has rejected a request for a new trial by the Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo. U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan said in a written ruling Wednesday that a “mountain range of evidence” introduced against Joaquin Guzman (hwah-KEEN’ goos-MAHN’) overcame his claims that the jury was... Read More

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El Chapo

May 31, 2019

Judge raps Trump, gives lenient sentence to El Chapo witness

CHICAGO (AP) — A chief federal judge in Chicago took a swipe at President Donald Trump on Thursday and declared the U.S. war on drugs “lost” as he handed a lenient sentence to a one-time cartel lieutenant and a star witness at last year’s New York trial of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. Chief... Read More

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El Chapo, Vicente Zambada

May 30, 2019

Star witness against ‘El Chapo’ to be sentenced in Chicago

CHICAGO (AP) — A star government witness at the New York trial of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is being sentenced in Chicago, where prosecutors are seeking extraordinary leniency for the former cartel lieutenant-turned-U.S. government cooperator. Vicente Zambada would be looking at a sentence of life in prison Thursday if not for his... Read More

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El Chapo, Vicente Zambada

April 30, 2019

Prosecutors oppose drug lord El Chapo’s new trial bid

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. prosecutors are opposing a longshot bid for a new trial by the convicted Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo. The federal government said in papers filed on Monday that defense claims of jury misconduct at the trial of Joaquin Guzman (hwah-KEEN’ goos-MAHN’) were invalid. Defense attorneys argued that jurors... Read More

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El Chapo

February 22, 2019

Claims in El Chapo case highlight perils of ‘Googling juror’

NEW YORK (AP) — Claims of jury misconduct in the trial of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman have drawn new attention to the digital-age challenge courts face in preventing jurors from scouring media accounts or conducting their own research before rendering a verdict. It’s a phenomenon that has been called the “Googling juror.” “Everyone... Read More

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El Chapo

February 22, 2019

Feds: El Chapo’s sons indicted on drug conspiracy charges

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two sons of notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman have been indicted on drug conspiracy charges, the Justice Department said Thursday. Joaquin Guzman Lopez, 34, and Ovidio Guzman Lopez, 28, are charged in a single-count indictment that was unsealed last week in Washington. Prosecutors allege the two brothers conspired to distribute... Read More

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El Chapo, Joaquin Guzman Lopez

February 21, 2019

Lawyers for El Chapo concerned by juror misconduct claims

NEW YORK (AP) — El Chapo’s lawyers raised concerns of potential juror misconduct and were reviewing their options Wednesday after a member of the jury at the Mexican drug lord’s trial told a news website that several jurors looked at media coverage of the case. The juror told VICE News that at least five members... Read More

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El Chapo

February 15, 2019

Make El Chapo pay for a border wall? Don’t count on it

NEW YORK (AP) — After El Chapo’s conviction in a drug-trafficking trial that included florid testimony of jewel-encrusted guns, a fleet of cash-laden jets and a personal zoo with roaming big cats, some Americans have floated an idea they see as poetic justice: Why not take some of the Mexican drug lord’s billions in ill-gotten... Read More

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El Chapo

February 14, 2019

No exit: El Chapo likely off to ‘Alcatraz of the Rockies’

NEW YORK (AP) — In the world of corrections, there are inmates who pose security risks, and then there’s El Chapo. Drug lord Joaquin Guzman has an unparalleled record of jailbreaks, having escaped two high-security Mexican prisons before his ultimate capture and extradition to the United States. So with Guzman convicted Tuesday of drug trafficking... Read More

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El Chapo

Witness: ‘El Chapo’ gave $1M to Honduran president’s brother

Prosecutor: ‘El Chapo’ gave $1M to Honduras leader’s brother

Officer who guarded El Chapo’s wife arrested in drug sting

Feds: ‘El Chapo’ associate asked street gang to beat witness

Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ faces sentencing in US case

Judge rejects Mexican drug lord El Chapo’s new trial bid

Judge raps Trump, gives lenient sentence to El Chapo witness

Star witness against ‘El Chapo’ to be sentenced in Chicago

Prosecutors oppose drug lord El Chapo’s new trial bid

Claims in El Chapo case highlight perils of ‘Googling juror’

Feds: El Chapo’s sons indicted on drug conspiracy charges

Lawyers for El Chapo concerned by juror misconduct claims

Make El Chapo pay for a border wall? Don’t count on it

No exit: El Chapo likely off to ‘Alcatraz of the Rockies’

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