The trial of accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman begins Monday in New York with jury selection. Authorities are boosting security for the trial, including keeping confidential the names of the 12 people who will be picked to serve on the jury and the six alternates. Opening statements are expected to begin November […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is expected to appear in a court in New York on Friday, a day after his surprise extradition from Mexico ended a decades-long criminal career that included daredevil prison breaks and murder. A Justice Department spokesman said El Chapo (Shorty in English), once […]
Drug lord and head of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel, Joaquin Guzman, also known as “El Chapo,” has escaped from prison for a second time in Mexico, this time from the high-security Altiplano prison fifty miles outside of Mexico City. The incarcerated Guzman made good his escape through a mile-long tunnel that connected to the prison’s […]