jimnyc
02-12-2019, 08:23 PM
Less drugs on the streets, and one big 'ol kingpin behind bars for life.
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El Chapo found guilty on all counts at trial
Hasta la vista, Shorty.
Notorious Mexican cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was convicted Tuesday of running a massive, violent drug trafficking empire that for decades pumped billions of dollars worth of narcotics into the U.S.
The diminutive drug lord looked stunned as the Brooklyn federal jury handed down the verdict on its sixth day of deliberations — convicting him on all counts, including operating a continuing criminal enterprise, use of firearms and charges of conspiracy to import and distribute cocaine, heroin and marijuana.
Guzman, 61, then cast around to catch the eye of his beauty queen wife — who flashed him a supportive thumbs up as her eyes welled with tears.
“Today I’m not going to cry. Why? No one has died here,” 29-year-old Emma Coronel Aispuro — a fixture in the courtroom throughout her hubby’s trial — told a reporter in Spanish after being offered a tissue.
The jurors reached their decision after almost 35 hours of deliberations, and Judge Brian Cogan told the panelists their diligence made him “very proud to be an American.”
Guzman, who twice escaped prison in Mexico, now faces life in a maximum security federal prison.
“It is a sentence from which there is no escape and no return,” U.S. Attorney Richard Donohue said outside the courthouse — as heavily armed, camouflage-clad US marshals surrounded the building.
“This conviction is a victory for the American people, who have suffered so long and so much while Guzman made billions pouring poison over our southern border,” Donohue said. “There are those who say the war on drugs is not worth fighting. Those people are wrong.”
Defense attorney Jeffery Lichtman said his team “fought like complete savages” for their client, but acknowledged the evidence against Guzman “was overwhelming.”
Rest - https://nypost.com/2019/02/12/verdict-reached-in-el-chapo-trial/
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El Chapo found guilty on all counts at trial
Hasta la vista, Shorty.
Notorious Mexican cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was convicted Tuesday of running a massive, violent drug trafficking empire that for decades pumped billions of dollars worth of narcotics into the U.S.
The diminutive drug lord looked stunned as the Brooklyn federal jury handed down the verdict on its sixth day of deliberations — convicting him on all counts, including operating a continuing criminal enterprise, use of firearms and charges of conspiracy to import and distribute cocaine, heroin and marijuana.
Guzman, 61, then cast around to catch the eye of his beauty queen wife — who flashed him a supportive thumbs up as her eyes welled with tears.
“Today I’m not going to cry. Why? No one has died here,” 29-year-old Emma Coronel Aispuro — a fixture in the courtroom throughout her hubby’s trial — told a reporter in Spanish after being offered a tissue.
The jurors reached their decision after almost 35 hours of deliberations, and Judge Brian Cogan told the panelists their diligence made him “very proud to be an American.”
Guzman, who twice escaped prison in Mexico, now faces life in a maximum security federal prison.
“It is a sentence from which there is no escape and no return,” U.S. Attorney Richard Donohue said outside the courthouse — as heavily armed, camouflage-clad US marshals surrounded the building.
“This conviction is a victory for the American people, who have suffered so long and so much while Guzman made billions pouring poison over our southern border,” Donohue said. “There are those who say the war on drugs is not worth fighting. Those people are wrong.”
Defense attorney Jeffery Lichtman said his team “fought like complete savages” for their client, but acknowledged the evidence against Guzman “was overwhelming.”
Rest - https://nypost.com/2019/02/12/verdict-reached-in-el-chapo-trial/