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Guzman, 59, was convicted of 10 counts, including the operation of a criminal enterprise, by jurors at the end of a three – year trial. months in New York on Tuesday. The King of Narcotics should be sent to a highly secure Colorado jail, nicknamed "The Alcatraz of the Rockies," about 90 kilometers south of Denver, United States. The authorities boast that no detainee has ever been able to escape the walls of the ADX "Supermax" prison, similar to a fortress, since it opened in 1994. Guzman, the former head of the cartel of Sinaloa had already twice escaped the cells of the Mexican prison.
The first time, he was taken in a laundry trolley of the company max-security Puente Grande in 2001.
This was followed by a spectacular month-long escape from the Altiplano prison in central Mexico in July 2015.
The sophisticated attempt included a motorcycle locked to the tracks to facilitate its escape.
But the criminal brain that has committed murder, money laundering and weapons offenses throughout its decades-long reign could finally be finally retired.
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Supermax has 1,400 remotely controlled prison doors inside its walls, which can be specifically opened or closed by officers to prevent jail breaks.
Inmates are confined in cells for one person up to 23 hours a day, which means that they do not have the opportunity to maintain contact with the outside world.
Some of the most infamous residents hit today include the 1993 World Trade Center brain bomber, Ramzi Yousef, and Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski.
Martin Horn, a correctional professor at the John Jay Criminal Justice College of New York University in New York City, said about Guzman: "It is very likely that he will end up at ADX Florence, considering its history of escape and its ability to compromise prison staff in Mexico. . "
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He added: "The prisoners really have no contact with other prisoners, all their movements are controlled.
"They have privileges and limited contacts. … it's a hard place to take. "
Prisoners prior to ADX described the conditions as worse than Guantanamo.
A former unidentified prisoner, 36, who spent six years at Supermax between 2008 and 2014 for his role in prison riots in two federal prisons, told Reuters the conditions were almost "inhumane".
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He said, "The Guantanamo guys had a lot better than us."
Guzman, whose nickname means "shorty" in Spanish, was extradited to the United States to be tried after being retaken in early 2016.
During his trial, which lasted eleven weeks, nearly 50 witnesses testified.
He should be incarcerated for life without the possibility of parole when he will be sentenced on June 25, 2019.
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