Prosecutors: "There is an avalanche of evidence" that proves Chapo's guilt

For 12 weeks, the US government went to trial against Chapo Guzmán, which was held in New York, "an avalanche of evidence"This shows that he is guilty of trafficking tons of drugs to the United States," the prosecutor said Wednesday. Andrea Goldberg in his final arguments.

The prosecutor said that the testimony of 56 people during the trial,ncluidos 14 ex collaborators of Chapo, as well as dozens of phone calls between the accused and his secretly registered partners, intercepted text messages, written prison handwriting letters and seized cartel accounts are more than enough to convict him.

"They saw the evidence: drugs, weapons, accounting reports, letters. All of this proves that the defendant is guilty of all charges beyond a reasonable doubt"Said the prosecutor to the 12 members of the jury, under the vigilant and serious look of the capo, dressed in a dark suit, and his young wife, Emma Coronel, sitting in the audience.

The Mexican Joaquín "Chapo" Guzmán, the former boss of the 61-year-old Sinaloa cartel, is accused of having 10 crimes of drug trafficking, possession of arms and money laundering. He was extradited to the United States two years ago, after two spectacular escapes from Mexican jails. If he is found guilty, He could be sentenced to life imprisonment.

Chapo was initially charged with 17 crimes, but the charges were later reduced to 11 and finally to 10.

"As we have said in the initial allegations, this case concerns drugs, money and violence.In the past 25 years, the accused has risen to the rank of cartel to become the main leader of the Sinaloa cartel, "Goldberg told the jury.

"His goal was to distribute as many drugs as possible to the United States, and make millions of dollars"He added.

The prosecutor began his final declaration by recalling a macabre scene told last week by a former Chapo press man, Isaiah "Memin" Valdez: the accused fired on drug traffickers from the rival cartel of Los Zetas and ordered them to be burned in the mountains of Sinaloa.

He then began to examine the charges by mail, recalling the testimony of the 14 cooperating prosecution witnesses, and again releasing excerpts from Chapo's phone calls in which he spoke of drug trafficking and bribery. -vin to the Mexican authorities.

The prosecution thinks that she will finish her closing arguments on Wednesday afternoon and that the defense will begin afterwards. The jury could start deliberating from this Friday.