Essential evidence that could plunge "El Chapo" Guzmán forever

For almost three months, a New York jury listened 54 people to testify against Mexican capo Chapo Guzmán. He also heard his voice through phone conversations with partners and lovers, and read text messages and letters that incriminate him.

The trial, it's in its last straight line, offered a fascinating journey into one of the largest and most violent drug cartels, an impressive cast drama: its true protagonists, mostly imprisoned in the United States.

Then, a summary of the most damaging evidence for Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, 61, former head of the Sinaloa cartel, charged with trafficking more than 155 tons of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamines and marijuana in the United States for a quarter of a century. According to ex-narcos, everything is under the watchful eye of the Mexican police, military and top officials, including the presidents.

If Chapo is found guilty, He will probably spend the rest of his life behind bars.

Thanks to the collaboration of the young Colombian Christian RodríguezChief of Communications Chapo, the US government intercepted 200 conversations capo with corrupt partners, badbadins and Mexican officials. The jury could hear, for example, the Chapo negotiating in 2010 with a member of the Colombian guerrillas FARC to send six tons of cocaine from Ecuador to Mexico.

With the help of Rodriguez, the government intercepted encrypted text messages between Chapo and his relatives, sent by Blackberries, through which the capo was spying on his partners and his wives. The jury has read several, including one in which he discusses with his lover and partner "La Fiera" the creation of two companies in Germany and Ecuador to export drugs to "Europe, Canada, Australia and the United States"as well as the purchase of 700 kg of cocaine in Belize with a purity of 95 to 97%.

Pedro Flores, a smuggler from Chicago, said he and his twin brother, Margarito, had received 38 tons of cocaine from Chapo and Mayo Zambada between 2005 and 2008, which they sold to the United States. 800 million dollars, as well as 200 kg of heroin for about 10 million euros.
After starting to cooperate with the government, they secretly recorded dozens of conversations with "El Chapo", including one of 2008 in which Pedro negotiates with the capo the price of 20 kilos of heroin.

The accountant of "Chapo" and Sinaloa cartel manager in Mexico City, Jesus "Rey" Zambada, brother of the co-leader of the Sinaloa cartel, Ismael "Mayo" ZambadaHe explained to the jury how El Chapo had bought Colombian cocaine at $ 3,000 a kilo and sold it in New York at $ 35,000. "100%" of the drug – between 80 and 100 tons a year – was sent to the United States, he said.

He also explained how Chapo was badociated with Colombians to finance shipments of up to 14 tons of cocaine aboard tuna vessels and merchants in international waters with Mexican vessels. He said that between 1990 and 1993, they had imported between 25 and 30 tons of cocaine a year.

Colombian suppliers

"El Chupeta" was arrested in 2007 in Brazil (Photo: Special)

La Chupeta said that during its first meeting, it had agreed to send to Sinaloa five 4,000 kg planes. To transport drugs from Mexico to the United States, El Chapo accused the Chupeta of consuming 40% cocaine.

After the Chupeta's arrest, El Chapo continued to work with the Colombian Cifuentes cartel. They started with 400 kilograms of cocaine, but ended up with larger expeditions on boats going from Ecuador to Sinaloa in the Pacific, facilitated by the FARC, said in front of the jury. former cartel leader, Jorge Cifuentes.

Although "El Chapo" is not accused of murder, this macabre testimony –the most graphic of all the lawsuit– You can seal your luck.

Several witnesses also said that they saw the "Chapo" order the kidnapping and killing of rivals and policemen who did not corrupt. They claimed that El Chapo was constantly protected by about 100 people carrying firearms, carrying pistols, AK47, AR15 and M16 rifles, bazookas, grenades and rocket launchers.