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New York – A Jury candidate in the case against Joaquín "Chapo" Guzmán Loera was withdrawn today, the second day of the proceedings before a court Federal District of Brooklyn, after indicated their interest in obtaining an autograph from the Mexican drug lord.
At the beginning of the second consecutive day, interviews with trial jury candidates, who plan to present the merits on November 13th. Judge Brian Cogan, who is chairing the case, said some of the people elected the day before had been a problem.
Cogan reported that a court security officer had notified him that one of the candidates, born He grew up in Colombia and expressed his interest in the autograph of Chapo, a fugitive popular that even gave rise to a series on Netflix bearing his name.
This person was then taken to the judge's room where it took place. the interviews with the candidates, of which 31 in total were on the list from which the twelve jurors and six alternates will be elected, while 27 were already eliminated.
Cogan asks him if it is true that he wanted an autograph.
"I am a little fan of you," said the man, causing a slight smile to Guzmán Loera, who follows the process through the intermediary of a court interpreter and who was introduced again today. with trousers and dark jacket, blue shirt and gray and blue tie
On the first day of the interviews, this candidate reported having witnessed a series of crimes and also seeing that of the drug trafficker Colombian Pablo Escobar.
For the second consecutive day, the process to elect the jury of the trial against Guzmán Loera, considered by the US government as a boss "extremely dangerous", continues.
Other Eliminated candidates today are the impersonator of Michael Jackson and the one who stated that he was eating a sandwich called "Chapo" which is "delicious" and who feared that he was going to eat. be recognized after the publication of the information.
Another candidate also, these details are unknown, he had to be taken to the hospital for a panic attack. An architect was also scrapped for professional reasons. a woman who has just given birth, for economic reasons; one who said that he was skeptical of witnesses and one who had a very specific vision of the case.
Two other women were also eliminated, one who reported seeing a movie in which they were chasing a jury to kill him and another who said that he was under pressure from his mother, who is sick , told him that if he was a juror, he would have to move out and buy another house.
The first day, after a long day of interviews, was completed with 28 candidates and 17 rejected for reasons that included financial problems, illness or for fear of trying a man who would have let death on his way, of kidnappings and corruption to strengthen, consolidate and maintain the criminal enterprise of Sinaloa cartel.
According to the authorities, Guzman Loera led for two decades the Sinaloa cartel, which enjoyed the largest international presence and which, according to the indictment, allegedly exported tons of of drugs to the United States, which they claim to have. Ceso continues this afternoon, where about 20 other people will be interviewed and where the election of candidates is expected to end today
as part of extreme security measures taken by the heavily armed local police who keeps the federal court where the election takes place. process in the Brooklyn District, sheriffs who occupy jury candidates and canine units that detect the possible presence of bombs.
The government is concerned that, because of the Mexican cartel's history of violence, it is not blaming the jury and the witnesses. . According to the indictment, the cartel employed badbadins who committed acts of violence, including murder, aggression, kidnapping and torture, under the direction of Guzmán Loera.
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