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The Mexican drug lord Joaquin & El Chapo & # 39; Guzman is known for his bold fugacies.
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In this file, photo taken on Oct. 10, 2018, Mexican drug chief Joaquin's El Chapo & # 39; Guzman is escorted by the police on the Brooklyn Bridge to return to jail in Lower Manhattan after his appearance in the Brooklyn Federal Court.(Photo: Timothy A. Clary, AFP / Getty Images)
The jury selection was scheduled to begin Monday in New York in the drug trafficking lawsuit of Joaquin's "El Chapo" Guzman, the legendary drug lord, whose electrifying escape from a Mexican prison has captivated the city. Imagination of the world.
The security around Guzman was so close that the Brooklyn Bridge was closed to carry him from his high security cell in Manhattan to pre-trial hearings at the Brooklyn Federal Court. The judge said he would try to develop alternative logistics so that the bridge is not closed twice a day during the trial, which is expected to last four months.
Nevertheless, the courthouse will be a fortress, surrounded by heavily armed officers with sniffer bombing dogs. The names of the jurors will not be disclosed and the identity of most of the witnesses will also be disclosed.
Guzman, 61, is charged with 17 counts of indictment, including drug trafficking and conspiracy to murder murderous rivals, money laundering and weapons offenses. According to prosecutors, Guzman ruthlessly led one of the world's largest drug cartels, smuggling more than 200 tons of cocaine into the United States.
Guzman's lawyers dismiss the charges as evidence of killers and drug traffickers. And despite accusations by the prosecution that Guzman 's operation would have grossed more than $ 14 billion, his lawyers say he has struggled to pay his bills.
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El Chapo made the headlines of the world press in July 2015, when he walked out of his cell to the federal maximum security prison of Altiplano and was released via a tunnel. kilometer long. This spectacular escape resulted in a worldwide human hunt, which ended six months later as a result of a fatal shooting in Los Mochis, a coastal town of Sinaloa. , the original state of Guzman.
The Attorney General of the time, Arely Gómez González, said that the research had provided few valuable clues until Guzman contacted actors and producers and began planning a biopic. This warned the investigators of his place of residence and Gómez said that a trip by American actor Sean Penn to the rugged Sierra Madre was knocking them out of Guzman.
El Chapo – which means "Shorty" for its status of 5 feet 6 feet – has been an iconic figure in the drug trade for decades. He was captured for the first time in Guatemala in 1993 and extradited to Mexico. He was serving an equally complex prison sentence in 2001, while he was serving a 20-year prison sentence for drug trafficking in a different prison. It was resumed in Mexico City in February 2014.
His grip on the multi-billion dollar cartel remained strong. The US Drug Enforcement Administration says that it has been able to remain a force in communicating with his son and other cartel officials through the intermediary of lawyers and other people who visited the Altiplano prison near Mexico City.
Guzman was extradited to the United States in January 2017 on the basis of an indictment spelling out his alleged reign over an organization of merciless mercenaries, under murder and torture.
"Guzman Loera is accused of resorting to violence, including torture and murder, to maintain control of the drug on drug trafficking across the US-Mexico border," states said at the time. -United. Lawyer Robert Capers at the time. "Guzman Loera has generated billions of illicit dollars. This lawsuit demonstrates that we will use all available resources to dismantle the leadership of the dangerous drug cartels, wherever they are, and will not rest until we have done so. "
Contribution: Associated Press
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