‘El Chapo’ found guilty. The Mexican drug lord faces ‘a sentence from which there is no escape’
LA TimesIn this courtroom drawing, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, second from left, stares at the jury as the judge reads the verdict in his drug trafficking trail on Tuesday in Brooklyn. Prosecutors spent 11 weeks presenting an “avalanche of evidence” that included more than 50 witnesses, 200 hours of testimony, ledgers of drug deals, a grenade launcher and videos of Guzman’s escape tunnels. × A jury finds Mexican drug lord and escape artist Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman guilty on all 10 counts in his federal trial on charges of international narcotics smuggling. Guzman was struggling financially then, Zambada said, but his father told Guzman, “I’m 100% with you” and agreed to share their kilos of cocaine equally. One of Guzman’s lieutenants, Cifuentes testified, made hats and T-shirts imprinted with “Cartel Sinaloa.” Guzman, Lichtman told jurors in his closing, is “a human being” and he “has feelings too.” His voice breaking, the attorney asked them not to “give into the myth of El Chapo.” But in the prosecution’s closing, Assistant U.S. Atty.