Woman linked to cartel kingpin 'El Chapo' arrested at San Diego border, charged in drug conspiracy. Ex-Mexican legislator Lucero Guadalupe Sánchez López linked to drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán was arrested Wednesday at the border crossing leading from Tijuana's airport to San Diego. Source 5z.
Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzmán found guilty on all counts. A federal jury in New York has found Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera guilty of all 10 criminal counts against him, including the top charge of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise. He faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison.
The jury of eight women and four men deliberated roughly 34 hours over six days. Ref. CNN.
I believe we all expected that outcome and could not even comprehend a reason to return not guilty unless his henchmen reached the jury.
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'El Chapo' was sentenced to life in prison and says there was no justice
Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years and was ordered to pay $12.6 billion in forfeiture on Wednesday in what is likely the last time he's seen in public before he goes to Colorado's Supermax prison.
Guzman also spoke in court and said that "There was no justice here." Guzman, 62, was convicted in February of all 10 counts he faced, including engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, which carries a mandatory term of life in prison, as well as drug trafficking charges. Ref. CNN.
At his age that's hardly going to be long for the kind of crimes he has committed and knowing his affluence and influence he might have a 'good life' on the inside.
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