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

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El Chapo's wife opens drive to build 'Chapo' fashion brand

Apr 05, 2019

"MEXICO CITY (AP) - The wife of convicted drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has launched an appeal to fashion designers to propose designs for a clothing line named after her husband.

Emma Coronel posted a message on her Instagram account this week saying “I invite clothing designers who are starting out and who want to join the project, to work with me.”

Coronel has dubbed the line “El Chapo Guzmán: JGL,” but she has had a little trouble registering her husband’s name as a trademark. Authorities say the fact that it’s the name of a criminal “violates public order, morality, and good manners.”

She has also struggled with exactly what contribution to fashion could be made by a short, stocky man who was best known for fleeing through sewers in a filthy tank-top T-shirt.

Coronel wrote that “my goal is to project my style and Joaquin’s, but to please everybody.”..."

El Chapo's wife opens drive to build 'Chapo' fashion brand
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'El Chapo' brand, helmed by beauty queen wife Emma Coronel Aispuro, violates 'morality': authorities

Apr 05, 2019

"Orange might not be the new black after all.

The powers-that-be were apparently paying attention earlier this week when Emma Coronel Aispuro, the 29-year-old beauty queen wife of convicted drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman said her husband – from behind bars – had handed over the rights to his infamous name and provided his signature for a new company -- El Chapo Guzman: JGL LLC.

But Coronel soon discovered it's not quite that easy to make money off the name of a convicted drug trafficker (who also dabbled in mass murder and money laundering).

Authorities are fighting back, frustrating Coronel's efforts to register Chapo's name as a trademark and charging that Coronel's business glorifying the cartel kingpin "violates public order, morality and good manners," according to the Associated Press.

Mariel Colon, a legal representative for Chapo, had confirmed to Fox News that production was in process and the line – likely to be comprised of caps and jackets bearing the former Sinaloa cartel kingpin’s name – would hopefully hit store shelves by summer...."

'El Chapo' brand, helmed by beauty queen wife Emma Coronel Aispuro, violates 'morality': authorities

 

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Justice Department

✔@TheJusticeDept
Former Leader of Honduran Cocaine Trafficking Organization Sentenced to 37 Years in Prison https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-leader-honduran-cocaine-trafficking-organization-sentenced-37-years-prison …
12:15 PM - Apr 5, 2019

 

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‘El Chapo’ lieutenant Jesus Raul Beltran Leon pleads guilty to drug conspiracy

04/17/2019

"A top lieutenant in the drug cartel led by Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera pleaded guilty to a drug conspiracy Wednesday in federal court in Chicago.

Jesus Raul Beltran Leon, 35, admitted his role in the sale of 46 kilograms of cocaine sold in Los Angeles between June 8 and June 10 in 2013.

Beltran Leon now faces a maximum penalty of life in prison. He admitted his guilt in court after signing a written plea declaration, meaning he did not reach a deal with the government.

Sentencing in federal court in Chicago was set for July 10, but it could take multiple hearings to decide his fate...."

'El Chapo' lieutenant Jesus Raul Beltran Leon pleads guilty to drug conspiracy

(The wanted poster in Mexico for Jesus Raul Beltran-Leon. | Mexican government)

 

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Prosecutors say El Chapo shouldn't get a new trial or hearing to question juror conduct

April 29, 2019

"(CNN)Prosecutors don't think Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman should get a new trial, or that jurors should be brought back to court for an evidentiary hearing to see if there was any juror misconduct during the Mexican drug lord's nearly three-month trial, according to a court filing Monday.

Guzman, once the leader of a murderous drug cartel in Mexico, was convicted in February of running a continuing criminal enterprise and other drug-related charges. He will be sentenced on June 25.

In March, Guzman's attorneys asked US District Judge Brian Cogan to call the 18 jurors back for an evidentiary hearing to find out if there had been juror misconduct, and for a new trial....

Prosecution: circumstances don't justify a new trial...

Jurors deliberated for six days and sent back 14 notes to the court during deliberations, which prosecutors say, shows the jury "was diligently reviewing and scrutinizing evidence."

Prosecutors say there are "no extraordinary circumstances justifying a new trial" and that Guzman's arguments for a new trial and hearing to question jurors are based on "the anonymous, unsworn, uncorroborated, heresy and double-heresy allegations" from the Vice News article, adding that they don't meet the strict standard for a post-trial hearing....

Prosecutors say El Chapo shouldn't get a new trial or hearing to question juror conduct - CNN
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Feds: El Chapo doesn't deserve new trial, is one of world's 'most notorious' criminals

April 29, 2019

Feds: El Chapo doesn't deserve new trial, is one of world's 'most notorious' criminals

 

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Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 20h20 hours ago
And here's a redacted version that was just filed…

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5983026-Prosecutors-respond-to-El-Chapo-s-motion-for-a.html …

Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 20h20 hours ago
From the filing: "The defendant’s motion rests entirely upon an anonymously sourced, uncorroborated article published by VICE News eight days after the jury verdict convicting him on all counts following a 12-week trial…"


Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 20h20 hours ago
More from the filing: "…even if the allegations in the VICE News Article are true, the Court still should deny the defendant’s motion for a new trial without an evidentiary hearing."


Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 20h20 hours ago
Intriguing redaction here…

Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 20h20 hours ago
More… "No extraordinary circumstances justifying a new trial are present here. The defendant’s motion rests entirely upon the anonymous, unsworn, uncorroborated, hearsay and double-hearsay allegations in the VICE News Article, which are, at times, both vague and conclusory."


Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 18h18 hours ago
Still sifting through this document, full story coming eventually @vicenews. Stay tuned…
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Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 7h7 hours ago
My story @vicenews on the latest El Chapo development. Prosecutors really don't want him to get a new trial just because I spoke with a juror.

El Chapo's prosecutors say our interview with a juror isn't enough to get him a new trial

Apr 30, 2019

"...On Monday, the U.S Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York filed a 96-page rebuttal (see PDF below) to El Chapo’s request for a new trial, offering Judge Brian Cogan a litany of reasons and legal precedents for why the jury’s verdict should be allowed to stand. Prosecutors argued that Cogan should be skeptical of VICE News’ story, but they also laid out the case for why Chapo doesn't deserve a new trial even if the reporting is entirely accurate.

“The defendant is not innocent,” the prosecutors wrote. “He committed horrific crimes as the co-leader of the Sinaloa cartel, and the jury rightfully convicted him based on the overwhelming evidence the government presented.”

What happens next is entirely up to the judge. ...."

El Chapo's prosecutors say our interview with a juror isn't enough to get him a new trial

 

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Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer Apr 29
Will Chapo get a retrial? The U.S. government just filed a response arguing against such a request, stating: “The defendant’s motion rests entirely upon an anonymously sourced, uncorroborated article” by @VICE.

Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer Apr 29
The government continued in its argument against retrial for Chapo: “the VICE News Article raises no concern that the defendant is innocent and that the jury wrongfully convicted him,” adding that “a new trial is not justified.”


Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer Apr 29
The government's argument against a Chapo retrial continues for 99 pages (compared to the defense's original 25) and reads at times like a recounting of 4-month trial. Lest we forget, Chapo is a: "ruthless, bloodthirsty and cruel leader of the prolific Sinaloa Cartel."

Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer Apr 29
After pouring through evidence recounted by witnesses and recordings during the trial, the government then dips into voir dire. We can't know the identities of the jurors, so those sections are blacked out:

Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer Apr 29
Also amongst the government’s arguments for a retrial: the fact that the court warned jurors against looking at the media. (This would of course be a moot point, if they went ahead and did so anyway.)

Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer Apr 29
I’m Tweeting as I read thru 99 pages. As of page 25, my favorite part is when the government quotes the judge to the judge, including a fully redacted encounter the judge had with jurors about media coverage they might or might not have seen during the trial:

Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer Apr 29
If you missed it: In March Chapo’s defense requested a retrial, citing "bombshell disclosures” of a juror, who told @VICE reporter @keegan_hamilton at least 5 jurors followed media coverage during the trial. The government’s response today refers to him/ her as “Alleged Juror.”


Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer Apr 29
Chapo's attorney @NYCDefenseLaw called the government's response a "desperate" attempt "to avoid a hearing which would include testimony from the jurors," adding: "They know full well it will reveal that the jurors systematically lied to the judge" about following media coverage.

 

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Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer Apr 29
In short, the government’s argument could be summed in this one succinct graph, undercutting the validity of the juror’s statements, right after upholding the jury’s ultimate verdict:

Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer Apr 29
The government also argues that the horrific stories of torture and murder presented at Chapo’s trial are “equally as horrific as, if not more horrific than, the allegations of sexual relations with underage girls.” Note: in this case “sexual relations” are allegations of rape.

Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer Apr 29
The government calls a hearing to consider a Chapo retrial “unnecessary.” Chapo’s attorney, @NYCDefenseLaw, said the case had never been more than a “glorified inquisition and the government’s refusal to simply hear from the jurors seals it.” The judge will decide.


Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer Apr 29
So, what’s next? Now that both sides have argued for and against a possible Chapo retrial, they will likely both make oral arguments in front of the judge in an open court, before the judge decides either way.


Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer Apr 29
P.S.: I said that the government’s motion was 99 pages. The full document is 99 pages, but without cover page and table of contents, it’s a mere 96.


Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer Apr 29
P.P.S.: The government’s request to partially seal this motion arguing against a hearing for a retrial brings back such good memories of all the other documents they sealed fully and partially over the four-month trial.

 

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Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 15h15 hours ago
El Chapo news: @balarezolaw is off the defense team

Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 15h15 hours ago
This is not official quite yet, Judge Cogan has to let Balarezo off the case. There could be a hearing, though that’s unlikely.


Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 14h14 hours ago
No comment from Balarezo as to why when asked just now. Also got a no comment from @NYCDefenseLaw, who remains on the case.


Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 14h14 hours ago
Anybody who sat through Chapo’s trial noticed fault lines on the defense. These lawyers had never worked together before. They had differing styles and sometimes different ideas about strategy. Not a total surprise to see them split up post-conviction.


Alan Feuer‏ @alanfeuer 15h15 hours ago
Well it’s official. Coming to you in Summer 2019, the new fashion line, “El Chapo Guzman: JGL”

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El Chapo asks judge to fire one of his lawyers ahead of sentencing

May 4, 2019

"...In a surprise filing, the 62-year-old kingpin is asking Brooklyn federal court Judge Brian Cogan to ax attorney Eduardo Balarezo, who represented him during his nearly four-month drug trafficking trial.

“I am writing the Court to ask you to terminate A. Eduardo Balarezo as one of my attorneys,” reads the filing, which is dated May 3 but appeared online on Saturday.

The document didn’t reveal why Guzman was canning the lawyer, and Balarezo did not immediately return a message....

Meanwhile, another document filed Saturday confirmed that Chapo is behind an eponymous clothing line, set to launch in June 2019 and headed by his former beauty queen wife Emma Coronel Aispuro.

“We are writing to provide a letter of intent from El Chapo Guzman: JGL, LLC to start a new clothing line that will be named ‘El Chapo Guzman: JGL’. The anticipated date of opening is Summer 2019,” the filing states.

Guzman’s sentencing is scheduled for June 25. He faces life behind bars."

https://nypost.com/2019/05/04/el-chapo-asks-judge-to-fire-one-of-his-lawyers-ahead-of-sentencing/

 

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Alan Feuer‏ @alanfeuer May 5
In the process of unsealing documents from the Chapo trial prosecutors agreed today to release some stuff & keep others sealed/redacted. Their reasons? Witness safety, other investigations and in one case to spare a witness from having "a sensitive personal incident" revealed.


Alan Feuer‏ @alanfeuer May 5
Prosecutors are also trying to keep secret the search warrant affidavits they used to get hold of Chapo's private text messages with his wife & girlfriends--against the wishes of the defense. Judge Cogan will ultimately decide whether those are released or not.


Alan Feuer‏ @alanfeuer May 5
This is the third--and final--tranche of the documents to be unsealed. Even though the parties agreed to redact and unseal the second tranche weeks ago, it still hasn't happened yet. So we'll see how long it takes for this batch to become public.

Alan Feuer‏ @alanfeuer May 5
Speculation here but one doc prosecutors still want sealed is a letter about people visiting Chapo, presumably in the MCC. The sealing is merited "to protect...ongoing govt investigations of non-parties." At trial prosecutors accused his wife Emma of helping him escape in Mexico.


Alan Feuer‏ @alanfeuer May 5
Emma has not been charged with any crimes. But the US government seems to be investigating someone and there is sensitive information requiring sealing in a letter about people visiting Chapo in custody.


Alan Feuer‏ @alanfeuer May 5
As a side note, it is a nifty trick indeed when lawyers seek to validate the sealing of court documents by referring to reasons contained in judicial orders, which are themselves sealed. A perfect circle of secrecy.

 

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Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton May 6
Here's @balarezolaw moving to formally withdraw as El Chapo's lawyer.
Balarezo tells the judge he didn't know he'd been fired until he saw it in court documents. Says he met later w/ Chapo and "a mutual decision was reached"
"He wishes Mr. Guzmán well."

Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton May 6
Balarezo also notes that Chapo still has "at least seven other attorneys" who still officially represent him on the case in Brooklyn.


Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton May 6
Judge has ordered Jeff Lichtman and Bill Purpura — the two other main attorneys from the trial — to respond to Chapo's request to fire Balarezo

Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton May 6
Keegan Hamilton Retweeted Víctor Sancho

…and now it's officially official

-----Víctor Sancho‏ @vsancho
Replying to @keegan_hamilton
Cogan has already granted the withdrawal
1:04 PM - 6 May 2019

Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton May 6
Replying to @vsancho
Apparently the news is coming faster than I can refresh the docket

 

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Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 17h17 hours ago
NEW: El Chapo asks his judge to intervene over conditions at the Manhattan jail where he's been in solitary confinement since Jan. 2017. Letter to the court: "Mr. Guzmán has been over two years now without any access to fresh air or natural sunlight.…" https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5995507-El-Chapo-letter-about-jail-conditions-at-the-MCC.html …

Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 17h17 hours ago
El Chapo’s jail is known as “Little Gitmo.” He’s not the first prisoner to complain about inhumane conditions. https://news.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/vbnpg9/nycs-little-gitmo-holds-terrorism-suspects-in-extreme-isolation-for-years …

NYC’s ‘Little Gitmo’ Holds Terrorism Suspects in Extreme Isolation For Years
Critics say that New York’s Metropolitan Correctional Center has become representative of the post 9/11 erosion of human rights.

Apr 7 2014

"When most people hear about terrorism suspects being held for years without trial or sentencing, hidden away from the press and human rights groups, they think of Guantanamo. Many of these prisoners are in fact housed in scattered federal facilities across the US — including one in downtown Manhattan...."

NYC’s ‘Little Gitmo’ Holds Terrorism Suspects in Extreme Isolation For Years - VICE News

 

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Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 17h17 hours ago
El Chapo’s lawyers previously claimed he is “being held under the worst, most restrictive conditions of any prisoner currently detained by the United States government.” https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/paz93n/el-chapos-attorneys-say-jail-is-worse-for-him-than-anybody-else-in-the-u-s …

No-frills lockup
El Chapo’s attorneys say jail is worse for him than anybody else in the U.S

Apr 7, 2017

"When he was imprisoned in Mexico, Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán enjoyed access to cell phones, prostitutes, and lavish parties that featured booze, lobster bisque, and filet mignon. Now he can’t even buy a bottle of water.

The infamous drug lord has been in solitary confinement since Jan. 19 at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC), a maximum-security jail in downtown Manhattan, where he’s awaiting trial in Brooklyn federal court on an array of drug and money-laundering charges. His attorneys are fighting to improve his situation, alleging that he is “being held under the worst, most restrictive conditions of any prisoner currently detained by the United States government.”..."

El Chapo's attorneys say jail is worse for him than anybody else in the U.S.

 

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Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 17h17 hours ago
Assuming his conviction stands, El Chapo will likely be sent to ADX Florence aka “The Alcatraz of the Rockies,” where his ability to communicate with the outside world will remain extremely limited. It’s a nightmare detailed here by @Alanprend:

At the Federal Supermax, When Does Isolation Become Torture?

JULY 3, 2018

"You see them on TV, usually around the time they are arrested. Men who have declared war on America, combatants in a conflict that never ends. They are captured on the street and at airports, in mid-stride and sometimes in mid-attack.

Some of them have long, Arabic names. The journalists prefer nicknames. The Shoe Bomber. The Blind Sheikh. The American Taliban. You see them or you hear about them, just for a moment, and then they are gone, as if the earth swallowed them.

Where do they go, these men? What happens to them after judgment is passed and they are sent away?..."

At the Federal Supermax, When Does Isolation Become Torture?

 

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Lawyer for ‘El Chapo’ Claims Drug Kingpin Suffering ‘Cruel and Unusual’ Conditions in Prison

MAY 9, 2019

"An attorney for Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman asked a federal judge to intervene over what she described as “cruel and unusual” prison conditions for the drug kingpin who is in custody in a federal prison in New York....

He’s been in US detention for 27 months, and is in solitary confinement in a 10-by-8-foot windowless cell in Manhattan, according to his defense attorney, Mariel Colon.

In the more than two years, he’s not had access to fresh air or natural sunlight while in detention, the attorney wrote in a letter to Judge Brian M. Cogan of the Eastern District of New York...."

Lawyer for ‘El Chapo’ Claims Drug Kingpin Suffering ‘Cruel and Unusual’ Conditions in Prison

 

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Top woman in El Chapo's cartel changing plea in Chicago (with clip)

May 14, 2019

"CHICAGO (WLS) -- A 58-year-old Mexican national known as "La Patrona" is about to plead guilty in Chicago to being the CFO for drug cartel strongman El Chapo.

Guadalupe Fernandez Valencia, "The Patron," or special guardian of Chapo's billion-plus fortune, was allegedly among the highest-ranked female drug executives for the notorious Sinaloa Cartel and in charge of Chapo's drug-induced billions.

Federal drug investigators said Valencia was one of El Chapo's most trusted top aides. She has a change of plea hearing set for May 29th in front of Chief Judge Ruben Castillo in Chicago district court. ..."

Top woman in El Chapo's cartel changing plea in Chicago

 

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Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 11h11 hours ago
Keegan Hamilton Retweeted Alan Feuer

El Mayo's son gets recommended sentence of 17 years in exchange for testifying against El Chapo…

--Alan Feuer‏ @alanfeuer
Federal prosecutors in Chicago have just recommended a sentence of 17 years in prison for Vicente Zambada-Niebla, the son of Mayo Zambada and the heir apparent to the Sinaloa cartel. Vicente cooperated w/the feds after his extradition in 2010. They called his help "unrivaled."
3:51 PM - 20 May 2019



Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 11h11 hours ago
Here's the sentencing memo for Vicente Zambada-Niebla, aka Vicentillo. Prosecutors say "his cooperation has been extraordinary." In addition to Chapo, he gave info on other Sinaloa cartel leaders, the Beltran-Leyva Organization, and Damaso Lopez.

Read: Vicente Zambada-Niebla sentencing memorandum

Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 11h11 hours ago
The full extent of Vicentillo's cooperation remains unknown. Portions of his sentencing memo are redacted, including this intriguing bit…

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Vicente Zambada-Niebla gave the U.S. government ‘unrivaled’ cooperation against drug lords, prosecutors say.

May 20, 2019

"Federal prosecutors in Chicago are asking a judge to sentence one of Mexico’s most powerful narcotics traffickers to a 17-year sentence because of the extraordinary help he offered them in providing information about leaders of his Sinaloa drug cartel and their rivals.

Vicente Zambada-Niebla, 44, coordinated trains, ships, Boeing 747s and submarines to move cocaine from South America to Mexico between 1996 and 2008. He also supervised Chicago brothers Margarito and Pedro Flores, twins who smuggled tons of coke to Chicago and each got 14 year sentences because they, too, cooperated against the Sinaloa cartel....

Guzman is expected to receive a life sentence.

But Zambada-Niebla — known as Vicentillo or Mayito — will probably meet a different fate when he’s sentenced in federal court in Chicago on May 30.

Even though he also faces a possible life sentence, prosecutors have asked Chief U.S. District Judge Ruben Castillo to give him 17 years in prison because he took the witness stand against Guzman and other cartel bosses.

Because he’s already been in custody for a decade, Zambada-Niebla would, in essence, get a sentence of around five years in prison — including so-called “good time” — if the judge agrees with the recommendation by prosecutors...."

Feds recommend 17 years in prison for top cartel figure who testified against El Chapo

 

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Alan Feuer‏ @alanfeuer 12h12 hours ago
Federal prosecutors in Chicago have just recommended a sentence of 17 years in prison for Vicente Zambada-Niebla, the son of Mayo Zambada and the heir apparent to the Sinaloa cartel. Vicente cooperated w/the feds after his extradition in 2010. They called his help "unrivaled."


Alan Feuer‏ @alanfeuer 12h12 hours ago
Vicente's assistance, according to court documents, help charge dozens of high level Sinaloa operatives. Most importantly he testified against Chapo Guzman at Chapo's trial in Brooklyn this winter. But new details about Vicente's cooperation were released today.


Alan Feuer‏ @alanfeuer 12h12 hours ago
Among the people Vicente helped take down was Damaso Lopez, Chapo's longtime chief of staff. His information was used by prosecutors not only in Chicago but in Texas, Brooklyn, Washington DC, southern California and Manhattan.


Alan Feuer‏ @alanfeuer 12h12 hours ago
Vicente signed “multiple declarations” to extradite cartel members from Mexico (including Damaso’s package.) His assistance also helped Chicago prosecutors obtain a wiretap which began in November 2012 and caught, among others, Chapo's sons discussing business.


Alan Feuer‏ @alanfeuer 12h12 hours ago
All of this has placed Vicente and his family “in increased danger of retaliation.” "Having cooperated against...the leadership of multiple cartels...their children, family members, close associates, and rivals" Vicente would "in all likelihood be killed absent his protection.”


Alan Feuer‏ @alanfeuer 12h12 hours ago
Prosecutors said Vicente "showed no interest" in the drug trade at first and tried to leave it several times. “As a young adult he relocated to Spain & then to Canada w/his family in an attempt to escape the world into which he had been born and the violence that flowed from it.”


Alan Feuer‏ @alanfeuer 12h12 hours ago
But he always got sucked back in, they said: "Each time, fear of the infliction of violence upon him and his family, even in places far from Mexico, drew him back to the protection provided by his father’s organization."


Alan Feuer‏ @alanfeuer 12h12 hours ago
The government, as usual, has showed only a few of cards in public. Vicente's sentencing memo was accompanied by three sealed documents which likely to go into more detail on who he cooperated against--and how--in an effort to persuade the judge to hand down a lighter sentence.


Alan Feuer‏ @alanfeuer 12h12 hours ago
Perhaps one day we'll get to see them.

 

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Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 14h14 hours ago
Federal prosecutors ask judge to deny El Chapo's request for bottled water, earplugs, commissary access, and two hours of outdoor exercise per week, arguing that he could be plotting an escape

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6025835-Prosecutors-respond-to-Chapo-s-letter-about-MCC.html …

Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 14h14 hours ago
Chapo's prosecutors cite a wild 1981 incident where an "inmate's cohorts" hijacked a sightseeing helicopter and tried to land it on the roof of the jail in Manhattan

 

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Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 14h14 hours ago
Prosecutors say Chapo could use earplugs, which he requested to cope with persistent ear pain, "as a ruse to ignore, or pretend not to hear, the guards’ orders."

Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 14h14 hours ago
Arguing against commissary access for Chapo, prosecutors cite a 2000 incident where a terrorism suspect blinded a guard with hot sauce and then nearly killed him by stabbing him in the eye with a plastic comb