‘El Chapo’ trial gives inside look at his rise to power

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. trial of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has offered a screenplay-worthy picture of the lawlessness and excesses during his rise to power as Mexico’s most infamous drug lord. Since the trial got underway on Nov. 13, witnesses have described how Guzman used tunnels dug under the border and fake jalapeno... Read More

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El Chapo

November 30, 2018

Drug lord who changed his face testifies against ‘El Chapo’

NEW YORK (AP) — A former Colombian drug lord known for an extreme plastic-surgery makeover meant to hide his identity testified Thursday at a U.S. trial about his lucrative drug-trafficking alliance with notorious Mexican counterpart Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. Asked about his distorted facial features, Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia explained that he had undergone at... Read More

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El Chapo, Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia

November 27, 2018

Witness: ‘El Chapo’ paid massive bribes to top Mexican cop

NEW YORK (AP) — Back when business was starting to boom, notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman took delight in seeing massive cocaine shipments arriving by air from Colombia, occasions he code-named “parties” that made him so rich he could pay multimillion-dollar bribes to a powerful police commander, a government witness at Guzman’s... Read More

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El Chapo

November 21, 2018

El Chapo trial witness: Ex-Mexico security chief was bribed

NEW YORK (AP) — Mexico’s former top security chief and another law enforcement official who once worked under the country’s new president-elect took millions of dollars in bribes from the notorious Sinaloa drug cartel in the mid-2000s, a witness testified Tuesday at the U.S. trial of kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. Former cartel member Jesus... Read More

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El Chapo

November 20, 2018

Witness says bloodshed and bribery rampant under ‘El Chapo’

NEW YORK (AP) — Infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, armed with a diamond-encrusted pistol, relied on rampant bloodshed and bribery to protect his multibillion-dollar drug smuggling operation and his hold on power, a former lieutenant for his cartel testified on Monday at his Guzman’s U.S. trial. During his third day on the... Read More

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El Chapo

November 16, 2018

Witness: El Chapo got police escort after escape

NEW YORK (AP) — When the notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was Mexico’s most-wanted fugitive in 2001 following a prison breakout, he was startled to see a police motorcycle pull in front of a car carrying him as it reached the outskirts of Mexico City. A loyal drug cartel lieutenant behind the wheel... Read More

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El Chapo

November 14, 2018

US trial of Mexican drug lord “El Chapo” gets underway

NEW YORK (AP) — The infamous Mexican drug lord and escape artist Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was alternately portrayed at his U.S. trial on Tuesday as a calculating leader of a bloodthirsty smuggling operation that funneled tons of cocaine and other drugs into American cities and a scapegoat for a conspiracy whose actual mastermind bribed... Read More

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El Chapo

November 13, 2018

US trial to tell epic tale of Mexican drug lord “El Chapo”

NEW YORK (AP) — During the height of Mexican drug wars in 1993, an attempted hit on Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman went wrong. A team of gunmen sent to rub out the notorious drug lord instead killed a Roman Catholic cardinal at an airport in Guadalajara, outraging the Mexican public enough to touch off a... Read More

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November 12, 2018

Likely El Chapo trial witness pleads guilty in Chicago

CHICAGO (AP) — A former top lieutenant to Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and likely witness at the Mexican drug lord’s New York trial has pleaded guilty to trafficking conspiracy in Chicago, saying in a plea agreement unsealed Friday that he will cooperate with prosecutors in hopes of a reduced sentence and protection from cartel retribution... Read More

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November 6, 2018

Jury selection begins for El Chapo’s US trial

NEW YORK (AP) — Jury selection began Monday for the U.S. trial of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman with potential jurors, including a self-described professional Michael Jackson impersonator, quizzed about how much they knew about Guzman’s reputation as a ruthless drug lord in Mexico. They were also questioned in Brooklyn’s federal court about their views on... Read More

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El Chapo

November 5, 2018

Reputation precedes ‘El Chapo’ as US trial approaches

NEW YORK (AP) — He is accused of having a hand in dozens of murders, of using his drug cartel to smuggle more than 200 tons of cocaine into the United States, even pulling off running the massive operation from behind bars. That’s when he wasn’t busy escaping from jail — twice. The almost-mythical criminal... Read More

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El Chapo

July 17, 2018

Judge postpones ‘El Chapo’ trial for 2 months to November

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on Monday postponed the New York trial of notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman until November. U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan in Brooklyn said jury selection would begin Nov. 5. The judge delayed the trial for two months after defense lawyers said late production of potential evidence... Read More

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El Chapo, Joaquin Guzman

February 16, 2018

Lawyer: El Chapo eager to go to trial, not cutting any deal

NEW YORK (AP) — Notorious Mexican drug lord and escape artist Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is eager to go to trial but complained in a letter filed Thursday that his jail conditions are so harsh he can’t fairly defend himself in a U.S. drug-trafficking case. Defense attorney Eduardo Balarezo told reporters that Guzman wanted to... Read More

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February 7, 2018

Judge orders anonymous jury at trial for drug lord El Chapo

NEW YORK (AP) — Notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman will have an anonymous jury at his U.S. trial later this year. In a written order, U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan agreed with prosecutors who argued that withholding the names of jurors was needed to address any fears that they could be harassed... Read More

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El Chapo

‘El Chapo’ trial gives inside look at his rise to power

Drug lord who changed his face testifies against ‘El Chapo’

Witness: ‘El Chapo’ paid massive bribes to top Mexican cop

El Chapo trial witness: Ex-Mexico security chief was bribed

Witness says bloodshed and bribery rampant under ‘El Chapo’

Witness: El Chapo got police escort after escape

US trial of Mexican drug lord “El Chapo” gets underway

US trial to tell epic tale of Mexican drug lord “El Chapo”

Likely El Chapo trial witness pleads guilty in Chicago

Jury selection begins for El Chapo’s US trial

Reputation precedes ‘El Chapo’ as US trial approaches

Judge postpones ‘El Chapo’ trial for 2 months to November

Lawyer: El Chapo eager to go to trial, not cutting any deal

Judge orders anonymous jury at trial for drug lord El Chapo

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