Notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman convicted

NEW YORK (AP) — 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. Guzman listened to... Read More

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El Chapo

February 5, 2019

Fate of Mexican drug lord El Chapo now rests with US jury

NEW YORK (AP) — After nearly three months of testimony about a vast drug-smuggling conspiracy steeped in violence, a jury began deliberations Monday at the U.S. trial of the infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. The day ended without jurors reaching a verdict for Guzman, who faces life in prison if convicted. They... Read More

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El Chapo

February 4, 2019

El Chapo trial highlights how Mexico graft impedes drug war

NEW YORK (AP) — In the same Brooklyn courthouse where jurors have heard testimony about Mexican politicians protecting Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s drug empire, a former Mexican state attorney general pleaded guilty last month to taking bribes from narcotraffickers. The juxtaposition underscored a recurring theme of Guzman’s New York trial: how pervasive official corruption in... Read More

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El Chapo

February 1, 2019

Defense lawyer: Government case against El Chapo ‘a fantasy’

NEW YORK (AP) — A defense attorney for Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman assailed the federal case against the Mexican drug lord as “a fantasy,” telling a U.S. jury Thursday that the prosecution relied on a parade of cooperating witnesses who “lie, steal, cheat, deal drugs and kill people” for a living. In an impassioned closing... Read More

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El Chapo

January 30, 2019

Jury set to hear closings at US trial of El Chapo

NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. jury is set to hear closing arguments at the high-profile trial of the Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo. Joaquin Guzman was due in court Wednesday for the prosecution’s summation at a trial that began late last year after Guzman was brought to the U.S. to face drug-trafficking... Read More

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El Chapo

January 30, 2019

Defense case at El Chapo trial clocks in at 30 minutes

NEW YORK (AP) — After a prosecution that spanned 11 weeks and had its share of bombshells, the defense case at the U.S. trial of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman clocked in on Tuesday at a mere 30 minutes. Attorney Jeffrey Lichtman called one witness and entered one document into evidence before resting... Read More

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El Chapo

January 29, 2019

El Chapo tells judge he won’t testify at US trial

NEW YORK (AP) — Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman told a judge Monday that he won’t take the witness stand in his own defense at his U.S. drug-trafficking trial, ending speculation that he might go for broke and build on a notorious reputation already cemented by the sprawling government case against him. “Your... Read More

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El Chapo

January 24, 2019

Witness: El Chapo’s wife was in on plans for prison escape

NEW YORK (AP) — The wife of Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman played a key role in his infamous 2015 escape from prison through a tunnel dug into the shower of his cell, a witness tesified Wednesday at the kingpin’s U.S. trial. Damaso Lopez Nunez, once a loyal lieutenant for Guzman, told the... Read More

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El Chapo

January 18, 2019

Woman, testifying against El Chapo, details affair

NEW YORK (AP) — Lucero Guadalupe Sanchez Lopez 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. Guzman “was naked,” Sanchez said... Read More

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El Chapo

January 16, 2019

Drug trafficker tells of bribe to ex-president of Mexico

NEW YORK (AP) — A Colombian drug trafficker testified Tuesday that Mexican cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman boasted about paying a $100 million bribe to the former president of Mexico to call off a manhunt for the notorious kingpin. Alex Cifuentes spoke about the alleged bribe to former President Enrique Pena Nieto while being... Read More

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El Chapo

January 4, 2019

El Chapo jury hears testimony from cartel cohort

NEW YORK (AP) — A former Mexican drug trafficker who once claimed he was a double agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration took center stage on Thursday against infamous kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman at a U.S. trial. Vicente Zambada became the latest in a parade of cooperators to testify as government witnesses in the... Read More

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El Chapo

December 20, 2018

‘Amigo!’ Jury hears cheerful El Chapo on tape at US trial

NEW YORK (AP) — Secretly recorded phone calls played Wednesday at the U.S. trial of notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman make him sound as if he was enjoying his life as a narco-outlaw. “Amigo!” a cheerful voice identified as Guzman’s says at the start of a 2008 call made by an American... Read More

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El Chapo

December 19, 2018

El Chapo trial becomes New York’s latest tourist attraction

NEW YORK (AP) — There was a time, after a spectacular prison escape, when Joaquin Guzman was the most wanted man in the world. The thrill of being able to see the man known as El Chapo up close — and live to tell the tale — has been drawing curious New Yorkers, fans of... Read More

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El Chapo

December 5, 2018

‘El Chapo’ consort opens up about cartels’ ruthlessness

NEW YORK (AP) — A key government witness at the U.S. trial of notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman spelled out the bloodshed and other cold realities of international drug-trafficking Tuesday without expressing regret or making excuses. Former Colombian kingpin Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia was asked on cross-examination by a lawyer for Guzman... Read More

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El Chapo

Notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman convicted

Fate of Mexican drug lord El Chapo now rests with US jury

El Chapo trial highlights how Mexico graft impedes drug war

Defense lawyer: Government case against El Chapo ‘a fantasy’

Jury set to hear closings at US trial of El Chapo

Defense case at El Chapo trial clocks in at 30 minutes

El Chapo tells judge he won’t testify at US trial

Witness: El Chapo’s wife was in on plans for prison escape

Woman, testifying against El Chapo, details affair

Drug trafficker tells of bribe to ex-president of Mexico

El Chapo jury hears testimony from cartel cohort

‘Amigo!’ Jury hears cheerful El Chapo on tape at US trial

El Chapo trial becomes New York’s latest tourist attraction

‘El Chapo’ consort opens up about cartels’ ruthlessness

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