Why did the jury wait so long to deliberate on the culpability of "El Chapo"

What appeared to be an agile verdict on the 10 charges against Mexican boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman by the New York Court, was postponed to 6 days.

After almost three months of trial, members of theThe president, who deliberated on the future of the drug trafficker, wrote 10 notes with important questions and requests for evidence, including a request to reread the testimonies of three key witnesses in the so-called "trial of the century" ".

Minutes before the jury declared Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán guilty of all counts,Journalist Alan Feuer reported on his Twitter account that: "If today the jury sends another note saying that there is a verdict, it would not be good for Guzmán Loera, because that would mean that they would have made a unanimous decision on at least 3 of the 27 crimes, that they would accuse him as guilty of the first charge against him: to be the head of a continuing criminal enterprise (CCE for his acronym in English), consisting of 27 crimes.

This accusation is the most important because it is the only one to result in life imprisonment.

However, If the jury's note says that more evidence is needed, it would be good news for "El Chapo" because it would mean that they still have doubts about the verdict.

"But if the jury sends a note implying greater dissent, this would mark a turning point in the deliberations", Alan Feuer reported.

El Chapo faces 10 charges, the most important being "the head of a continuing criminal enterprise (CCE), to sentence the drug trafficker to life imprisonment, the jury must have answered the following questions: 150 kilograms of cocaine were involved in at least one crime? Has the company earned at least $ 10 million over a 12-month period? El Chapo is he one of the main directors of the criminal enterprise?

He also had to decide If you do these actions, you have done them with at least 5 other people. You have played a leading role and the company has made considerable profits.

"The lawyers for El Chapo they do not really want a verdict because in the world of evidence, 12 juries can decide unanimously on a verdict: guilty. Taking into account the probabilities, your best chance of obtaining a positive result is the dissent of the jury which leads to a null judgment. ", reported on the social networks of Feuer before the jury declares "El Chapo" guilty of all charges.