A possible jury requests an autograph to "El Chapo"; he was thrown

The second day of jury selection trial in the United States against Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán started this Tuesday morning with a lot of picturesque details and the rejection of ten potential juries, enter the most "colorful" that they saw the first day.

The judge said that one of the jurors interviewed yesterday, a Colombian from Medellin, asked an "autograph" of "El Chapo". "I am a small fan," confessed the man, to whom the Sinaloan smiled. He was thrown.

Also two were left on more of the most colorful witnesses of the first day: the Michael Jackson's official mimicbecause "intense coverage" could result in his identification "and the man who said that he knew a sandwich called "El Chapo", in his case because of a family medical problem and his "anger" at the media's interest in the sandwich, fearing that he could identify him among his peers.

Another potential juror had a panic attack in the waiting room and He was sent to the hospital. Another girl said she was "scared" after watching a movie in which an accused was trying to kill a jury.

Between yesterday and today, 27 potential candidates have been excluded. The defense and the prosecution are still waiting for the selection to end today.

"El Chapo" was back in the room, with pints of business man: black suit, light blue shirt – this time buttoned – and tie in shades of blue, gray and silver. Eduardo Balarezo, one of his lawyers, arranged his tie before the start of the process.

This time, he did not use machine translation system: Balarezo explained that because of his imprisonment, "El Chapo" had hearing problems and that the helmet system was making him wrong. This is why the interpreters have translated it to its side.

During this session, Guzmán was more attentive to prospective juries, observing them with more attention than the first day. He kept writing in a notebook and at one point he winced.

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