5 Reasons Why Chapo Guzmán's Trial Is Not "The Judgment Of The Century"

"The judgment of the century, the one El Chapoin fact, this is not the trial of the century, if it was already at the dock, the authorities and politicians of Mexico and the United States "condemned Alejandro AlmazánJournalist and Mexican writer specialized in drug trafficking.

Almazán has been dedicated to narco research for more than two decades, his texts being a mandatory reference to understand the violence of contemporary Mexico.

He has published seven books, five non-fiction and two other novels, the last of which is "The most sought after "novel based on the life of the famous Mexican drug dealer Joaquín Guzmán Loera.

"I'm clear that the world's biggest cartel is the DEA, so I'm very surprised that in the judgment of the century Do not leave all these arrangements with the US authorities. Now, it turns out there are no drug traffickers in the United States, that's right, "said the drug trafficking specialist.

He explained that in the United States, unlike Mexico, drug traffickers are anonymous, but they are also political. "If it was the big trial, it should also be that the authorities sit there, they use the Mexican cartels for years, the CIA used the Sinaloa cartel to transport weapons in the 70s with the guerrillas of El Salvador, that is to say, complicity between the American authorities and the Mexican cartels and we have not seen is not in this trial of El Chapothat's why it's not the judgment of the century. "

Almazán said that to understand the drug trade, it had to be considered as a triangle: "At the top are the Mexican state and the gringo authorities, they are also businessmen, bankers, tankers. In the middle are patterns like El Chapo, El Mayo and all these malandros; and all the killers are down.

When you understand that, you realize that the Mexican state and the gringo state are working, doing business. Without this complicity, without this sponsorship from the state, these guys (drug dealers) would not workthere is no question that these guys are doing justice, have always known. That's why I say that the trial is a show, because I insist, where are the US authorities, where are these authorities that actually work? " said the expert on drug trafficking.

The journalist and writer, who recently collaborated as searcher in the "El Chapo" series which was transmitted byUnivision and Netflix, He said that this trial was more like a TV show.

"We ended up being the villains of the movie, or to be, the trial suddenly seems also a series of narcos where only the gringos are the good ones, where Mexicans and Colombians are the bad guys, the garbage of the world, and I believe that for this to work, there must be a large garbage dump in the United States, which is the biggest drug user in the world. world. "

The trial of the Mexican drug dealer takes place in a court in Brooklyn, New York. During 34 days, companions, friends, allies, lovers, partners and detractors of Guzmán Loera marched, they were the protected witnesses of the United States government.

Wednesday, with the presentation of the closing arguments of the US government, Attorney Andrea Goldbarg tried to convince the jury that Guzmán was not a mere cartel employee, but a corrupt and violent big boss.

"I think there's some kind of show, they want to put El Chapo like the antichrist, but there are also other obscure characters behind and who will not go out in this trial, "explained Almazán.

Asked about the statements of the witnesses at the origin of the trial, he was surprised that With so much information, they devoted themselves to giving more information about narco's personal life than to providing relevant information.

"For example, the one ITelephone numbers El Chapo the Colombian Christian Rodríguezhe started making statements and basically talked about his lovers, put that pink part, it's like a Hollywood movie where there's also a romance and Emma Coronel's wife pops up, your lovers and chapodiputadaetc.

It's more a telenovela than a real trial, I was waiting to hear the voice of The Zambada of May, the voice of politicians accusing "El Chapo, but we listen to her lovers, that she has so many children and so many women.

That of being square the witnesses are because finally they are friends, they say: the son of May betrayed El Chapo, and the Zambada betrayed him and the Damascus and everyone already betrayed El Chapobut that's not true.

The first thing I did was call Culiacán to ask if there were bullets, because during the trial they took everything, I thought, and they said no, that everything was calm, right now Sinaloa lives in a kind of Pax Narca we could say, and that's because everything is agreed. "

He reiterated that if it was the lawsuit of the century, there should be arrests, or at least investigations of politicians mentioned during the trial, but this did not happen, "Here it is only El Chapo, no one will fall, there will be no arrest in this trial, there should be "El Chapo", the big drug trafficker has accomplices, he just did not put cocaine or methamphetamine in Chicago, Los Angeles. "

"El Chapo was this media character that the state had told him, you're going to be our favorite narco and the guy believed him and the guy went crazy and found himself in jail, they used it as they all do, "explained Alejandro Almazán.

The reporter believes that the capo's defense, considered one of the most powerful criminals in the world, It only lasted half an hour as he has stronger cards than he will play at any one time.

"They know that they will fall, they will testify and they will have to say everything the DEA tells them, they will sign. Personally, all these sworn testimony that the DEA never believed, becauseLook, I will download you a few years, but you have to declare it and before these refusals are denied, the witnesses can not invent anything as long as they reduce their sentence.

Here's how gringos work, they just make us a movie, they say, this guy is guilty but behind the scenes we will not report on the negotiations ", the author pointed out.

The Mexican drug trafficker He was attentive, taking note and leaving a strange smile at the conclusions presented by the prosecution Wednesday in New York court., said the media.

I think your lawyers talked to the judge and they said it was great, it's information carnitas, and they work with that carnitas, I say, Peña and Calderón must be afraid for all the information that the capo can have. "he explained.

"El Chapo" pleaded not guilty and is currently facing 10 counts of drug trafficking. If he was found guilty, he risked a life sentence. In case he would not be sentenced to this punishment, he could be the subject of a new homicide trial.

The defense of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera asked yesterday in his final plea that the jurors "hang on" to their doubts about the evidence and testimony of "liars and criminals" provided by the prosecution, and declare Chapo "not guilty".

The prosecutor's office introduced 56 witnesses, 12 of whom entered into a cooperation agreement to reduce their sentences in exchange for their testimony. As part of this agreement, the government has granted visas to women and children already living in the United States.

While an American prosecutor drew for the jury the picture of Joaquín "El Chapo Guzmán Loera as a leader of a powerful and murderous drug cartel, his lawyer replied that Guzmán was a "leader of nothing", a myth, not a dreaded leader.

Alejandro Almazán says that the myth of the most powerful capo in the world is a creation for all.

"Suddenly, we all started talking about" chapo ", singers, teachers, actresses, professionals, children, we all created a El Chapo in one way or another.

From the beginning, the Mexican authorities and gringras thought that he could be the best character to embody all the evil, all that goes wrong in society … it is easier to say that one person is guilty of everything, so in a person cultivates all the horror of the state.

And then we all thought that we were all talking about the El ChapoI also started to tell who this guy was, I remember I was going to get him in the mountains, to ask him El Chapo and lpeople talked to you marafrom him ", Almazán tells.

In the initial statements before the juries, the Federal Court of New York, Deputy Attorney Adam Fels described Guzman as a man who had gone from being a small town trader to a capo capable of doing business with drug trafficking.

The narcotics specialist described this as "the typical sierreño entered the world of drug trafficking, yes, it was a boy who was going to sell oranges, a boy from the city, but he was then going to devote himself to drug trafficking, He was a victim, but he later became an aggressor and he was not reimbursed.

I mean, he has charisma, he comes from Sinaloa and you like him, the guys from the north are good comrades, besidesThis is a guy who has many occurrences, he is like a child; but this Robin Hood character is also not what many people believe, that many people have helped to create, no, he is a murderer.

El Chapo is this character that people create from down, because he was a successful man, El Chapo contrary to May Zambada or Beltrán Leyva, comes from hired killers, the others do not come from drug lords families, they understand drug trafficking differently and El Chapo he understands the most ambitious drug dealer, that's why this guy is so treacherous and that no one trusts him. "

He explained that it is the work of many journalists that has allowed, for several years, to define the mode of operation of these criminal organizations, "Many narco journalistic investigations that have been published are now verified by witness statements at trial El Chapo"

"For example, the statement of Phil Jordan, that the boss would have donated money to finance the campaign of Enrique Peña Nieto, had already been published in 2014The former agent said he knew money had been handed over to Peña for his campaign, but the authorities dismissed it. "

"The Mexican press has portrayed narco in two versions: there is a story that says everyone is bad and another tells us that there is a good and a bad side; I believe that the last one is the one that ends up being confirmed with the judgment, that is to say if we live in a narco-state ".

According to an organizational study Insight CrimeHeadquartered in Washington, DC, which is dedicated to badyzing security issues, stressed that Despite the capture of El Chapo and the main leaders of the criminal group, the criminal organization was hardly affected in its operations..

The expert in drug trafficking agrees with these conclusions, "The cartel of Sinaloa, the cartel of Tijuana, like the Zetas themselves, like the cartel of the Gulf, like all existing cartels, continue to function as they have done so far. Changed. El Chapo in prison why good he said it May One day, if they stop me, someone will follow the case, because it is the business of the state, it's the petty cash of the state, bankers and entrepreneurs, that is to say that businessmen enter to launder money with bankers .

The cartel you want is an instrument of the stateThen they will not remove it. That's why I'm amazed and I do not know what will be Andrés Manuel because he understands the drug business very well, he knows that the army is involved and that the Mexican state is involved. Then you have to do something to stop it.

If Andrés Manuel did an act of contrition and said how the army was baded and also told how the navy was made to kiss, and said that we have nothing to do. other than a National Guard, I think people would understand that the only thing left is that I'm against it, but I think it's ultimately the only thing we have left. "concludes Almazán.