Mexican Drug Kingpin 'El Chapo' Is Sentenced To Life Plus 30 Years In U.S. Prison
NPRMexican Drug Kingpin 'El Chapo' Is Sentenced To Life Plus 30 Years In U.S. Prison Enlarge this image toggle caption Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images Updated at 1 p.m. ET A federal judge in Brooklyn, N.Y., has sentenced drug kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán to a term of life in prison without the possibility of parole plus 30 years for his role in leading Mexico's Sinaloa cartel. Guzmán concluded his lengthy remarks, Crane-Newman said, by telling U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan, "The United States is no better than any other corrupt country that you don't respect." Sponsor Message Guzmán's punishment, Benczkowski said, "brings a measure of justice" to people in both the U.S. and Mexico who have been affected by his crimes.