translated from Spanish: El Chapo will face a trial that could cost you the life sentence

the Mexican Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman will face tomorrow in New York a trial for drug trafficking that can cost you the life sentence, a process very media expected last ma s three months and that will start with the choice of the jury.

A drawing of “El Chapo” during one of their audiences. Photo: AP A almost two years of his extradition to the United States will begin a new stage in the criminal career of Guzman Loera, 61, considered the most powerful and wanted drug kingpin, who for years kept in suspense to the authorities of Mexico “, us, with a process led by a respected New York Prosecutor of Argentine origin.” El Chapo”was extradited to New York to face charges of drug trafficking as head of the Sinaloa Cartel, the largest exporter of drugs to the U.S., according to the drug enforcement agency (DEA), although also they claimed the States of Texas, California, Arizona, Illinois and Florida, and still has pending charges in Mexico.sera a landmark judgment, one of the most media, perhaps the most anticipated by the U.S. Government in long, the press and the public, since the interest in the life of the Mexican, of short stature -Hence his alias-, very dark hair and at first glance it seems harmless, surpasses the borders of his country, and has come up to series television internationally. The alleged capo has attracted attention both for crimes which are imputed to him and his luxurious life on the fringes of the law, such as evading the authorities, his relationship with the actress Kate de el Castillo and his two spectacular leaks of prisons in Mexico , the first after having served almost eight years in prison.

“El Chapo” Guzman. Photo: AFP lawyer of Argentine origin, Andrea Goldbarg, will lead the Group of prosecutors of US presenting evidence or evidence that seek to condemn the Mexican, who faces a life sentence. All charges relate to the distribution of drugs, including money-laundering and bearing of arms, from the Empire that is allegedly built as a leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, and which as pointed out the DEA, remains one of the greatest threats to U.S.. Guzman – one of the most sought after of the FBI and Interpol and now detained under isolation under strict security in a federal jail in Manhattan district by its record of leaks to the purest kind of Hollywood – sit on the bench of the acusad you in a judicial process that could last for several months. The trial of “El Chapo”, who has spent more time escaping from authorities in a prison despite having been captured three times, will begin with the selection of the jury, whose names will not be announced by decision of the judge Brian Cogan, presiding over the case , as part of security measures taken to protect them.

Photo: AP. file

In this process, he expected his young spouse Emma Coronel, with whom he has twin daughters of 7 years, lie in the front row as occurred during pre-trial hearings, the defense it will headline the well-known New York lawyer Jeffrey Lichtman and Eduarzo Balarezo, born in Ecuador.El trial, initially scheduled for April this year and then for September, will start in November after a series of allegations of his defence at previous hearings, including his strict confinement or measures extreme to be taken for his transfer to the tribunal and failed attempts so you postpone until the beginning of the 2019.La Prosecutor’s office has refused to reveal the identity of his witnesses, some former employees of “El Chapo”, linked to his alleged network of drug trafficking or old rivals, so, allegedly, that Guzman to retaliate against him, despite his strict confinement in prison. The Sinaloa Cartel, which allegedly ran for two decades and which controls drug trafficking in various regions of Mexico, particularly in the Pacific Rim, is to further international expansion, in comparison with other Mexican cartels. It maintains distribution centers in several US cities. (USA) and the drug reaches through points along the border of Mexico with California, Arizona, New Mexico and West Texas.

The DEA identified as their leaders, in addition to Guzman Loera, Ismael Zambada García and Rafael Caro Qintero, still a fugitive, and Dámaso López Núñez, extradited this year to the United States. UU. In this note:

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