EL Chapo - Drug Cartel Chief, arrested for Trafficking, conspiracy, firearms etc. *guilty* #2

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Patty Guerra‏Verified account @PattyGuerraD 3h3 hours ago
I left Mexico almost 10 years ago, at the height of the drug war. Having just graduated from Journalism School, I wanted to practice my trade safely. Covering the #ElChapo verdict today in N.Y.C. for @vicenews was a surreal experience. Guilty on all counts.



Alan Feuer‏ @alanfeuer 3h3 hours ago
And here's a look at the scene inside the courtroom w/@emilyepalmer

Inside the Courtroom: El Chapo Appeared Stunned After Verdict


Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer 2h2 hours ago
Emily Palmer Retweeted Alan Feuer

I can’t believe it’s over. It’s been an honor to work with @alanfeuer. Here’s a glimpse inside our last day at court.

Inside the Courtroom: El Chapo Appeared Stunned After Verdict


Alan Feuer‏ @alanfeuer 2h2 hours ago
This is kind of weird. Tomorrow, in the same courthouse where Chapo was just convicted, another defendant will have closing arguments in a trial where he stands accused of doing what Chapo did in 1993: smuggling coke into the US in chili peppers. Guess Mr. Baez missed the trial.

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Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer 2h2 hours ago
“Of course were going to appeal. There was a tremendous amount of issues that were created here. We felt that the cross examination of cooperators was greatly restricted - overly restricted - and that would be an important grounds for appeal.” - @NYCDefenseLaw. So round 2?


Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer 2h2 hours ago
“A lot of this contributed to a myth,” @NYCDefenseLaw said of the kingpin’s presumed guilt ahead of trial. “El Chapo is not necessarily Joaquin Guzman.”


Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer 2h2 hours ago
“Of course he’s the trophy for the government,” @NYCDefenseLaw said of Chapo. “Is the flow of cocaine going to stop after this trial? Of course not.”


Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer 2h2 hours ago
“We need to figure out why there’s such a need for drugs in America. That’s what needs to be happening -- that’s the war in drugs we should be fighting.” - @NYCDefenseLaw


Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer 2h2 hours ago
“When he came here he was already presumed guilty by everyone unfortunately,” @balarezolaw said of Chapo. “We weren’t just fighting evidence, we were fighting perception.”


Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer 2h2 hours ago
Excited to talk about the end of El Chapo’s trial and the I.T. guy who helped secure the verdict with @CBSNLive tonight at 7 pm EST. (27 minutes away!)
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Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 3h3 hours ago
El Chapo won't be sentenced until June 25 at 10am. There's no great mystery about his fate: Under the law, he faces mandatory life with no parole. He'll spend the next few months in solitary at the MCC in Manhattan, then he's likely headed to ADX Florence in Colorado.


Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 3h3 hours ago
A few more shots of Chapo during his extradition via the DEA.

Both of the federal agents with him in these photos were regulars in the courtroom over the course of the trial.

 

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Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 3h3 hours ago
More photos of Chapo during his extradition on Jan. 19, 2017, released today by the DEA. The close-up of his eyes is just… wow.

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Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 3h3 hours ago
Keegan Hamilton Retweeted DEA HQ

DEA already using El Chapo as a recruitment tool

---DEA HQ‏Verified account @DEAHQ
Want to go after the biggest drug traffickers in the world - kingpins like "El Chapo?" Want to make a difference as a #DEA Special Agent? Find out if you have what it takes:

https://www.dea.gov/special-agent-job-announcements …

2:16 PM - 12 Feb 2019

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Alan Feuer‏ @alanfeuer 3h3 hours ago
This photo of El Chapo after his extradition flight from Ciudad Juarez to Macarthur airport on Long Island was released today by the DEA. It's really...something.

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Good-bye El Chapo......

(see you at the sentencing...)

 

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Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer 1h1 hour ago
Now that I’ve left the courthouse and am headed home, the full effect of the day is washing over me. How quiet the morning was ... not a peep from the jury. Then just around noon: VERDICT.


Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer 1h1 hour ago
It was a different day from the start. First, I left the house and realized there was a hole in my shoe. Then it began to snow. So of course the verdict would be the one day I had to stand outside for press conferences until I turned pink as a lobster .... per @NYCDefenseLaw.


Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer 1h1 hour ago
Nothing (but the snow outside and the hole in my shoe) prophesied we’d get the verdict today. In fact just an hour before @balarezolaw was in the media room with us; he chatted comfortably about the case. A total still before the storm.


Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer 1h1 hour ago
Once the verdict came down, security tightened. Sure we’re used to the bomb sniffing dogs and multiple floors of security. But post verdict I spotted a man in full camouflage, binoculars propped on his head and an assault rifle at the ready.


Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer 48m48 minutes ago
News of the verdict came just before 12 p.m. Just before 12:30 the judge read the jury’s note: “We have reached a verdict,” signed by the forewoman, designated only as #11. Then the judge read each count aloud - a slew of Guilty's on all ten counts and almost every violation.


Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer 46m46 minutes ago
As designated runner, I twice fled the courtroom to break the 1st count and after the 10th -- removing my heels, darting down two flights of stairs, and bolting down the hallway. A guard commended my track skills. @alanfeuer and I waited 44 days for this: https://nyti.ms/2UTgR8v .

El Chapo Found Guilty on All Counts; Faces Life in Prison
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Alan Feuer‏ @alanfeuer 12m12 minutes ago
Want to know how Mexico reacted to the Chapo verdict today? Read @ElisabethMalkin, @KirkSemple and Paulina Villegas reporting from in-country.

El Chapo Was Once Mexico’s Most Wanted. Now He’s Old News.

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Now that he's been convicted of all counts, what's next for El Chapo? (with clip)

Feb. 12, 2019

"NEW YORK – Hey, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán – you've just been convicted on criminal drug charges that have you facing life in prison. Where are you going now?

Definitely not Disney World.

And an escape from U.S. authorities — like the two jailbreaks in his native Mexico that made the Sinaloa drug cartel leader internationally notorious — seems far-fetched.

Nonetheless, the 61-year old drug lord's days in a courtroom aren't over.

U.S. District Court Judge Brian Cogan on Tuesday set a tentative June 25 sentencing date for Guzmán.

The timetable could change. Nonetheless, the sentencing could mean one more middle-of-the-night trip from Manhattan to Brooklyn, across a closed-down Brooklyn Bridge with a heavily fortified police escort and helicopters following above. ...

The prospect of where Guzmán would serve his sentence might undo at least some of the upbeat resolve touted by his defense team.

Federal officials haven't publicly discussed prison plans for Guzmán. But one possibility within the U.S. Bureau of Prisons system is the so-called Supermax, the U.S. penitentiary in Florence, Colorado.

It's the highest-security prison in the nation. It's the current home of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev; Ramzi Ahmed Yousef, the organizer of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing; and Theodore Kaczynski – the Unabomber."

Now that he's been convicted of all counts, what's next for El Chapo?
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Drug kingpin Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzmán likely headed to Supermax prison, experts say (with clip)
Bob Hood, a former Supermax penitentiary warden, suspects Guzmán will "never be allowed on the yard with other prisoners for the rest of his life."

"Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán is heading to prison after his conviction Tuesday on 10 charges, including engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise and multiple counts of distributing tons of narcotics into the U.S

Prosecutors announced they will ask for him to be sent to prison for life without a chance for parole when he is sentenced on June 25.

Given the Sinaloa cartel leader's resources, money and prior prison escapes, Guzmán, 61, is the perfect candidate for a Supermax penitentiary, in particular one called ADX Florence, according to Bob Hood, a former Supermax penitentiary warden.

"There’s no question in my mind that Guzmán will be going to the Supermax prison in Colorado," Hood told NBC News.

Known as the "Alcatraz of the Rockies," Colorado’s federal Supermax prison was created to be the most secure prison facility in the country....
Even in this facility, Hood believes Guzmán will most likely be put under special administrative measures to revoke his visitation rights and limit his interaction with other prisoners.

“He’s such a high-profile person that, in my opinion, he’ll never be allowed on the yard with other prisoners for the rest of his life," Hood said.

The typical cell at Florence is a 7-foot-by-12-foot concrete cell with a 4-inch window, leaving its occupants unable to see the sky. Prisoners there generally get only an hour outside a day in a small caged-in area, according to Hood.

Florence's inmates may be able to read newspapers or watch television, but someone with a network the size of Guzmán's may only be allowed old publications or entertainment that isn't newsworthy. Such precautions are "designed to put a shield between you and the outside world," Hood said.

Guzmán may even be a candidate for the facility's most isolated area, Range 13, according to Hood.

"Range 13 is a place that has four identical cells and to my knowledge it’s only been used for two inmates: Ramzi Yousef and Thomas Silverstein," Hood said.

Silverstein is an armed robber and a murderer. Neither he nor Yousef is in Range 13 anymore, the former warden said..."

Drug kingpin Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzmán likely headed to Supermax prison, experts say
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Door slams on guilty El Chapo after old mob pals line up to squeal
Guzman’s dramatic trial showed how the cartels that traffick most of the world’s drugs today do not honour the mafia code of omertà

"When Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán is sentenced on 25 June, he will most likely be sent to US maximum-security prison from which there will be no more tunnels and no more escapes....

The driving theme of the trial was that – unlike Italian godfathers of yore – the Mexican and Colombian cartels which nowadays shift most of the world’s drugs do not honour the old mafia dictum of omertà, the bond of silence.

The courthouse where Guzmán was convicted – New York’s eastern district – was the setting for the 1992 trial of John Gotti, head of the Sicilian Gambino clan. His conviction marked the end of Cosa Nostra’s reign in New York – and, indirectly, the rise of the Latin American syndicates which replaced them.

That same year, saw the culmination of Italy’s five-year mafia “maxi-trial” in Palermo. Prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino secured convictions against 360 operatives. Both paid with their lives, but the Sicilian mafia was mortally wounded.

It took one snitch – Sammy “the Bull” Gravano – to nail Gotti. The mafia kingpins – Bernardo Provenzano and Salvatore Riina – were brought down by two “penitent” witnesses.

By contrast, Mexican and Colombian mobsters have lined up to squeal against Guzmán: 16 testified at this trial, and the prosecution had more to choose from....

Institutional corruption became a second major theme of the trial, which at times became a litigation of Mexico’s politics, army and police – despite the efforts of the prosecution and judge...."

Door slams on guilty El Chapo after old mob pals line up to squeal
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The Latest: El Chapo lawyer vows to appeal conviction

"NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the verdict for Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's U.S. trial (all times local):

1:50 p.m.

A defense attorney for Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman says the notorious drug lord's conviction will be appealed.

Jeffrey Lichtman said outside a Brooklyn courthouse Tuesday the defense "fought like complete savages" at the U.S. drug-trafficking trial and will "continue to fight" for Guzman.

Federal court marshals whisked Guzman out of the courtroom immediately after the judge read the guilty verdict.

U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue says he expects Guzman to get a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Guzman's wife left the courthouse without speaking to reporters...."

https://www.chron.com/news/crime/ar...eaches-verdict-in-El-Chapo-trial-13610330.php
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El Chapo verdict: Chicago witnesses played key role in convicting drug kingpin (with clip)

Feb. 12, 2019

"CHICAGO (WLS) -- Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, whose criminal enterprise for years was responsible for 80 percent of the cocaine and heroin peddled in the Chicago area, was convicted in New York of 10 federal counts....

In addition to New York, Guzman was charged in five other states, including Illinois. Authorities had hoped to try him in Chicago but that seems unlikely now. However, the work of authorities in Chicago played an important role in the New York case, including providing star witnesses....

"This was an extraordinarily strong case with the strongest sorts of evidence that you can imagine, like wiretaps and others," said ABC7 legal analyst Gil Soffer.

The Flores twins pleaded guilty in their own Chicago case and are currently serving 14-year sentences. Once out of prison, they will likely spend the rest of their lives in witness protection....

Authorities said the verdict was a message to other traffickers.

"We're going to grind away. We're not gonna stop. We're going to find them, we're going to indict them. We're going to extradite them," said Brian McKnight, DEA special agent in charge for Chicago."

Chicago witnesses played key role in convicting Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman
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No escape? El Chapo likely off to 'prison of all prisons'

Feb 13, 2019

"NEW YORK (AP) - In the world of corrections, there are inmates who pose security risks, and then there's "El Chapo."

Drug lord Joaquin Guzman has an unparalleled record of jailbreaks, having escaped two high-security Mexican prisons before his ultimate capture and extradition to the United States.

So with Guzman convicted Tuesday of drug trafficking and staring at an expected life sentence, where will the U.S. imprison a larger-than-life kingpin with a Houdini-like tendency to slip away?

Experts say Guzman seems the ideal candidate for the federal government's "Supermax" prison in Florence, Colorado, also known as ADX for "administrative maximum." The facility is so secure, so remote and so austere that it has been called the "Alcatraz of the Rockies."

"El Chapo fits the bill perfectly," said Cameron Lindsay, a retired warden who ran three federal lockups, including the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. "I'd be absolutely shocked if he's not sent to the ADX."

Located outside an old mining town about two hours south of Denver, Supermax's hardened buildings house the nation's most violent offenders, with many of its 400 inmates held alone for 23 hours a day in 7-by-12-foot (2.1-by-3.7 meter) cells with fixed furnishings made of reinforced concrete....

Most inmates at Supermax are given a television, but their only actual view of the outside world is a 4-inch window. The window's design prevents them from even determining where they are housed in the facility. Human interaction is minimal. Prisoners eat all meals in the solitude of their own cells, within feet of their toilets.

The facility itself is guarded by razor-wire fences, gun towers, heavily armed patrols and attack dogs.

"If ever there were an escape-proof prison, it's the facility at Florence," said Burl Cain, the former longtime warden of the maximum-security Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. "It's the prison of all prisons."....."

No escape? El Chapo likely off to 'prison of all prisons'

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I-Team: Former Warden Says Death Is Better Than Life In Supermax

Apr 22, 2015

"It is as isolated as the prisoners who call it home. The prison called ADX Florence is a tomb for the living. WBZ-TV's Lauran Leamanczyk reports."

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Alan Feuer‏ @alanfeuer 2h2 hours ago
Where is El Chapo headed after his conviction? What will become of the witnesses who testified against him? What were the exact charges he was found guilty of? It's in here w/@emilyepalmer

Where Will El Chapo Go to Prison? (And What Happens Next)


Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 2h2 hours ago
Hello from Day 1 of life after El Chapo's trial.

Here's my story @vicenews on the guilty verdict, which describes the mood in the courtroom and more from what was an epic final day at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn.

El Chapo found guilty, faces life in a U.S. prison


Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 2h2 hours ago
My report for @vicenews on @HBO from outside courthouse yesterday. Props to @PattyGuerraD for making this happen in a dang ice storm:

VICE News

(video clip: Keegan Hamilton on Twitter )


Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 2h2 hours ago
I'm hosting a live Q&A at 2pm ET this afternoon on @vicenews YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. Reply to this thread with your questions about El Chapo and the trial. Will do my best to answer them all!



Keegan Hamilton Retweeted
VICE News‏Verified account @vicenews 2h2 hours ago
TODAY: Reporter and Chapo: Kingpin on Trial host @keegan_hamilton be talking about the El Chapo trial and verdict at 2 PM EST live on our YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. Want to ask him a question? Tweet it to us right here and listen now on @Spotify

Chapo: Kingpin on Trial
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"El Chapo" attorney claims unfair trial included "out of his mind" witness (with clip)

February 13, 2019

"A defense attorney for Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán said the Mexican drug lord received an unfair trial, claiming there were "plenty of errors" during the nearly three months of testimony in which multiple witnesses detailed the kingpin's rise to the head of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel.

"One of the witnesses believed that the Earth was about to be destroyed in an apocalypse. He believed in 15-foot aliens roaming the Earth searching for gold. And I wasn't allowed to question him on any of that. So the jury perhaps believed that he was sane when, in fact, it was pretty clear that he was out of his mind," attorney Jeff Lichtman told "CBS This Morning."...

"One of the cooperating witnesses was threatening the people in the government, threatening to show all details about the witness protection program to the Mexican cartels. We were not allowed to cross-examination on that," Lichtman said....

...He also said his team has never denied Guzman's involvement in drug dealing but instead disputes his role as the "kingpin" of the operation.

"That was the charge that landed him in prison for the rest of his life if he was convicted. So our position was, he was really a fall guy. There is a guy in Mexico who leads the Sinaloa Cartel who has been indicted in America for decades. He's been indicted in Mexico. He has never been arrested in 50 years," Lichtman said....

"Listen, being a cool cat and a pleasure to represent does not make him a good person," Lichtman said when asked about Guzman's character. "He was good to me. And if I, as a defense lawyer, if I start being concerned with what people are accused of and what they're convicted of, I'll never be able to get out of the bed in the morning."

Asked if the jurors who convicted Guzman have anything to be concerned about he said, "Of course not. I don't think so," noting the near-complete isolation he's been in for two years. "

"El Chapo" attorney claims unfair trial included "out of his mind" witness - CBS News
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2 top cartel lieutenants still face a reckoning in Chicago in El Chapo case

02/12/2019

"Now that Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been convicted of involvement in murders, high-level bribery and billions of dollars of drug dealing, two of his top Sinaloa cartel lieutenants await their fate in court cases in Chicago.

One of them, Vicente “El Vicentillo” Zambada Niebla, the son of Sinaloa cartel leader Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, testified against Guzman on Jan. 3....

Zambada is set to face sentencing April 25 in federal court in Chicago.

..... Zambada’s father is still on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s most-wanted list."

2 top cartel lieutenants still face a reckoning in Chicago in El Chapo case
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In Sinaloa, lament for the downfall of El Chapo Guzmán, their own ‘Robin Hood’
'He helped a lot of people, building roads, schools, churches'

February 13, 2019

"News of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán’s conviction yesterday on drug trafficking charges traveled quickly to his home state of Sinaloa, where some residents lamented the downfall of the man who has been likened to Robin Hood....

Even though 56 witnesses and hundreds of pieces of evidence were presented by the prosecution to demonstrate that the former drug lord was guilty of smuggling drugs, bribing officials, laundering money and murdering rivals, many Sinaloa locals continued to describe Guzmán as a modern-day Robin Hood.

“As a Sinaloa native, the truth is this hurts,” a gray-haired man told the news agency Reuters in the state capital, Culiacán.

The man, who declined to give his name but said he was a native of Guzmán’s home town of Badiraguato, added: “We know that near Badiraguato, he’s helped a lot of people, building roads, schools, churches. People here will suffer now due to lack of support.”..."

In Sinaloa, lament for the downfall of El Chapo, their own 'Robin Hood'
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Listen: U.S. Trial Of Mexican Drug Lord Attracts Much Attention In Mexico0

February 13, 2019

"Notorious drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman on Tuesday was convicted on all counts by a federal jury in New York. He could go to prison for life. What's the reaction in Mexico?

Transcript..."

U.S. Trial Of Mexican Drug Lord Attracts Much Attention In Mexico
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‘God Forgive Him’: El Chapo’s Guilty Verdict Brings Mixed Feelings in Mexico
From relief to sadness, how the drug kingpin’s conviction is being felt in his home country

"Within moments of the jury announcing the guilty verdict of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in the snow-laden court in Brooklyn, word of the result was rippling across Mexico, from the valleys sprinkled with opium poppies to the sprawling mountain capital. People gathered at stalls and watched on televisions as U.S. attorney Richard Donoghue called it a victory that had “pulled back the curtain on international drug dealing.” But there were no cheers, and the reactions were somewhat muted considering it was the conviction of Mexico’s most infamous criminal in recent history...."

El Chapo Verdict Brings Mixed Feelings in Mexico – Rolling Stone
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Alan Feuer‏ @alanfeuer Feb 13
In a remarkable bit of coincidence, on the same day Chapo's trial ended in Brooklyn, border agents in Arizona announced the largest seizure of fentanyl in history at a crossing that the Sinaloa cartel has traditionally run for years. It suggests that even post-Chapo things go on.


Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 23h23 hours ago
This piece by @vicbekiempis tries to answer a question I've been asking myself: What happens to El Chapo's wife now?

What Will Happen to El Chapo’s Wife, Emma Coronel?
Cartel leader is going to prison and his money is going to the U.S. government. Experts say his spouse should be fine, but she needs to be careful.

"....One criminal justice veteran, who has seen many organized crime cases, expects that the former beauty queen will be just fine.

“She will not be living in some hovel in Mexico City — I assure you of that,” he told The Daily Beast. “The children will be provided for, they’ll be taken are of.”

Forfeiture or not, Coronel will have access to money, he said.

“Whatever the government can grab, they’ll grab — but they won’t grab it all,” he said. “He’s got it stashed somewhere, and that’s how she’ll live.”...."

What Will Happen to El Chapo’s Wife, Emma Coronel?


Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 23h23 hours ago
Phoebe Eaton went to El Chapo's hometown and spent some time with his mom and sister. Check out her Kindle Single for more…

https://nypost.com/2019/02/02/with-el-chapos-fate-in-balance-his-kin-keep-the-faith-back-home/
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El Chapo wife: Who is beauty queen wife? El Chapo wife ALL SMILES after husband convicted
EL CHAPO, who rose from poverty in rural Mexico to run a global drug empire and amass billions of dollars, has been found guilty in a US court, but who is his beauty queen wife Emma Coronel Aispuro?

Feb 13, 2019

"...Emma caught the eye of El Chapo when she was competing in the 2007 Coffee and Guava Festival beauty pageant and he reportedly announced his intention to marry her.

In an interview with the LA times, she said: “I would say what won me over was his way of talking, how he treated me, the way we began to get along - first as friends and from that came everything else.

“He tends to win over people by his manner of being, of acting, the way he treats people in general.”..."

El Chapo wife: Who is beauty queen wife? El Chapo wife ALL SMILES after husband convicted

(El Chapo wife: The married couple gave each other a thumbs up when the verdict was read out [Image: Reuters ])
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What you didn't see at El Chapo's trial (with clip)

Feb 13, 2019

"(CNN)Only a few dozen members of the public and media could get into the court room each day that Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán appeared in person for his trial.

That meant lining up before dawn in freezing temperatures to be able to get a glimpse of the man who so few had ever seen in person.

Some were tourists who happened to be visiting New York City during his trial and wanted to be able to say they had been in the same room as El Chapo. Some were attorneys who wanted to see the prosecution and the defense teams at work on this historic case...."

El Chapo's trial: What you didn't see - CNN
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El Chapo tearful in footage released after conviction for running multibillion-dollar drug empire (with clip)
US State Department releases video of Mexican drug lord arriving in New York in 2017

"Footage has emerged of Mexican drug lord El Chapo in tears as he arrived in the US following his arrest in 2017.

The 61-year-old, whose real name is Joaquin Guzman, was convicted on Tuesday of running a major criminal enterprise smuggling drugs worth billions of dollars into the US.

In the wake of his conviction, the US Justice Department released a video showing him staring blankly out of an aeroplane window, before wiping away a tear upon disembarking...."

Drug lord El Chapo tearful in footage released after conviction
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Post-verdict, 'El Chapo' jurors rely on anonymity to stay safe

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

"(Reuters) - When U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan read the verdict finding Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman guilty of smuggling tons of drugs to the United States, he warned the 12 jurors who had decided the notorious Mexican drug lord’s fate not to speak to the press.

“Once that door is open, it can’t be closed again,” Cogan told the jury in federal court in Brooklyn on Tuesday. The jurors were escorted from the courthouse by armed federal marshals and their identities have been kept secret for fear of retaliation by the Sinaloa Cartel, which El Chapo headed.

Despite the judge’s unusual warning and the extraordinary security measures during the three-month trial, some legal experts said it could be difficult for the jury to remain anonymous and at least one law enforcement agent involved in the chase for Guzman said jurors might be at risk if their identities are leaked....

Maltz said if the jurors’ identity became public, they could face potential threats from the Sinaloa Cartel, which has a strong presence in New York and a long history of violence and drug dealing in Mexico.

“They have plenty of operatives in that area that are ready to take orders from Mexico to take measures to keep this cartel moving ahead,” he said...."

Post-verdict, 'El Chapo' jurors rely on anonymity to stay safe | Reuters
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El Chapo season 4 Netflix release date: Will there be another series amid El Chapo trial?

Feb 13, 2019

"El Chapo season 4, is the show everybody is talking about following the El Chapo trial. Will there be another series of El Chapo? Here’s everything you need to know...."

El Chapo season 4 Netflix release date: Will there be another series amid El Chapo trial?

 

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El Chapo's cancer-stricken eldest daughter reveals she hasn't seen her father in more than THREE YEARS and now wants to visit him in prison

14 February 2019

"Rosa Isela Guzmán says she last saw her father, Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, about three years ago

The mother-of-four is currently in remission after a tough battle with cancer

Guzmán, who is in her 40s, was once married to Vicente Zambada Niebla, whose father is Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, the current leader of the Sinaloa Cartel ...

An emotional Rosa Isela Guzmán recalled the last time she met with Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, 61, the former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel around three years ago. She said he chided her for bad behavior although she did not elaborate on what that was. '[He] scolded me because I was misbehaving,' she said.

Rosa, who is in her early 40s, said during an interview with Univision: '[I want] to tell the president of the United States to respect the rights of my father.

'If he committed a crime, that's fine, he has to pay for it. But be fair, treat him as a person.' ...

Rosa, one of El Chapo's 13 children, who is in remission from cancer, said she has asked her lawyers to reach out to her father's legal team to set up a meeting with her dad.

The mother-of-four, who was born in Mexico but holds U.S. citizenship, was once married to and had two children with Vicente Zambada Niebla, whose father is Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, 71, and led the Sinaloa Cartel with El Chapo before assuming total control of the criminal organization.

Her former husband was arrested in 2009 and extradited to the U.S. He entered a plea agreement with U.S. justice officials in 2014 and was sentenced to 10 years after admitting to working for El Chapo....

Rosa spoke about how El Chapo was a good father. 'He was always a person who always gave good examples to us,' she said.

'I work and he always said that he was proud of me because I was very hardworking. He was proud of me. He always told me.'...

'I don't know what he is going to feel, that he will not see us anymore because his adoration was his family, his children and his mother. He always put my grandmother first,' Rosa said."

El Chapo's cancer-stricken daughter says she was reprimanded for 'misbehaving' when they last met | Daily Mail Online
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