New York.-the trial of the Chapo kicked off today in a New York Court and his lawyer said that the Sinaloa cartel paid hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes to the current President of Mexico , Enrique Peña Nieto, and its predecessor Felipe Calderon.asimismo Jeffrey Lichtman told the jury that the real boss of the Sinaloa cartel is not the Chapo, of 61 years, but his co-accused “mayo” Ismael Zambada, of 70 years, who never spent a day in prison and remains at large , and who has paid “to the current and the former President of Mexico (..) hundreds of millions of dollars in bribes”.
“The truth is that the Chapo not controlling anything, did Mayo Zambada,” Lichtman said in his opening arguments.
El Chapo, dressed in dark suit, white shirt and tie, listened to the arguments of opening calm with the help of a translator. Upon entering the Court seemed happy, and threw a kiss to his young spouse Emma Coronel, 29 years old, sitting in the audience.
Defendant sent to United States 155 tons of cocaine and other drugs, if he is found guilty can be sentenced to life imprisonment.
Photographic reproduction of a drawing by the artist Jane Rosenberg appears where Emma Coronel while your spouse salutes the Mexican drug trafficker Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman before the start of the first day of his trial today, Tuesday, November 13, 2018, in the Court of the Southern District in Brooklyn, New York (USA). The Mexican Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman faces charges of drug trafficking, which can cost it the life sentence, once the Court of New York has chosen the 12 members of the jury that will settle his guilt. EFE/Jane Rosenberg photographic reproduction of a drawing by the artist Jane Rosenberg appears where the Assistant United States Attorney, Adam Fels (i), while it presents his accusation against the judge Brian cogan (c) and the Mexican drug trafficker Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman (d), on the first day of his trial today, Tuesday, November 13, 2018, in the Court of the Southern District in Brooklyn, New York (USA). EFE photographic reproduction of a drawing by the artist Jane Rosenberg appears where the Assistant United States Attorney, Adam Fels (i), while it presents his accusation against the judge Brian cogan (c) and the Mexican drug trafficker Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman n (d), on the first day of his trial today, Tuesday, November 13, 2018, in the Court of the Southern District in Brooklyn, New York (USA). EFE in this note:
