El Chapo found guilty on all 10 federal criminal counts against him

cde.news desk 12 February 2019, 19:27 · 1 min read

epa05492075 (FILE) A file picture dated on 08 January 2016 shows Mexican drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman escorted by authorities after his detention, in Mexico City, Mexico. A son of Mexican drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' (Shorty) Guzman was reportedly among six people kidnapped at a restaurant in the Pacific resort city of Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco State, Attorney General Eduardo Almaguer said on 16 August 2016. An examination of items found in the cars of the victims, sitting abandoned in the restaurant parking lot, allowed authorities to confirm that Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar, 29, was one of the hostages, Almaguer told a press conference in Puerto Vallarta. EPA/JOSE MENDEZ

Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera, the Mexican drug lord who pocketed nearly $14 billion as the decadeslong head of the murderous Sinaloa cartel, was found guilty Tuesday of all 10 federal criminal counts against him, including the top charge of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise.

The vast Brooklyn courtroom fell silent as the verdict was read. There was no visible reaction from Guzmán, who faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison. He’s due to be sentenced June 25.

US District Judge Brian Cogan confirmed the verdicts with each of the eight women and four men on the jury, telling them later their conduct on the panel “made me very proud to be an American.”

via CNN

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