These are the 10 counts against "El Chapo" Guzmán that the jury deliberates

As leader of the Sinaloa cartel, a Guzmán is accused of having introduced more than 150 tons of cocaine and other illegal substances into the United States., thus gaining billions of dollars.

Guzmán is the only man to have managed to escape twice (2001, 2014) from a federal maximum security prison in MexicoHowever, on this occasion, it seems unlikely that something similar will happen, he only has to allow his defense to fight until the last moment to reduce his sentence.

Currently, A total of 10 indictments are held against him, but the most important is the accusation that "El Chapo" integrated and directed a criminal organization (the Sinaloa cartel) between 1989 and 2014. next to Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, former member of this same cartel.

However the defense attempted to resuscitate Joaquín's guilt for reloading at his partner "El Mayo" Zambada and his collaborators.

El Chapo is at the head of one of Mexico's most powerful cartels and has 27 offenses, but the evidence and evidence presented by his lawyers may rule out some.

In deciding this charge, the jury must decide not only whether these violations were committed, but also determine whether it was a leader of that organization – not necessarily the superior – who moved at least 150 kilograms of cocaine and his criminal enterprise received $ 10 million or more in gross income for at least a period of 12 months for this drug trafficking, as alleged by the prosecution.

The other allegations relate to these violations of the first charge and include the distribution and importation of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana, as well as the use of firearms and money laundering.

Defense argued since the beginning of the trial that "El Mayo" Zambada – who has never been arrested – is the true leader of the cartel and conspires against El Chapo with corrupt Mexican leaders.

Although the United States initially attributed 17 charges to Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, he now charges only 10, of which four relate to the international distribution of cocaine.

1.- Continued involvement in a criminal enterprise.
This accusation includes his relations with the leaders of the cartel Norte del Valle and with other distributors; 26 violations of international standards prohibiting the distribution of cocaine, heroin and marijuana and conspiracy to commit murder between January 1989, the month before the arrest of Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, "The Chief of Chiefs ".

2.- International plot to produce and distribute cocaine, heroin, methamphetamines and marijuana.

3.- Plot to import cocaine.

4.- Conspiracy for distribute cocaine

5, 6, 7 and 8.- Cocaine distribution Internacional level.

9.- Use of firearms.

10.- Plot for profit laundering drug trafficking product.

After the capo 's extradition in January 2017, the United States filed against him 17 counts of indictment to which he would be exposed during a trial.

In October 2018, prosecutors said that six charges had been dropped, "in order to speed them up".

It is now known that the twelve members of the jury will have to evaluate 10 counts to declare El Chapo innocent or guilty. While the United States accuses Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada García of the same crimes.

In the final charge, the United States Government includes at any time the names of Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera and that of Ismael Zambada García, who will face the same charges if he is arrested. For the US government, both are partners and leaders of "the largest drug trafficking organization in the world".

The document states that between January 1989 and September 2014, the accused exercised most of his criminal activities.

Everything is in the hands of the jury

It is now up to the jury, consisting of 12 people, to decide. It is a popular jury, as is customary in American trials,composed of men and women whose identity is kept secret and that they are escorted every day to court by armed deputies, for security reasons.

This group, whose composition reflects the racial diversity of New York, He began deliberating on Monday without a verdict.

If they consider El Chapo guilty, Guzmán could be sentenced to life imprisonment.

US justice treats El Chapo for damages in the United States, the main destination of drug trafficking trafficked by the Sinaloa cartel.

But also, Mexico has always initiated its own proceedings against Guzmán Loera and, under the bilateral extradition agreementthis country retains the right to prosecute it once it has been tried in the United States.

In theory, once his sentence is over in the United States, the capo could be sent back to Mexico. to be judged.

However, experts believe that Joaquín Guzmán will probably live to his last days in an American prison.

And, if he were acquitted of certain charges at the New York trial, he would not be free either, since El Chapo would then have to answer the charges against him in other US federal jurisdictions.