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February 15, 2019 at 7:16 am

Make El Chapo pay for a border wall? Don’t count on it

NEW YORK (AP) — After El Chapo's conviction in a drug-trafficking trial that included florid testimony of jewel-encrusted guns, a fleet of cash-laden jets and...

FILE – In this Sept. 18, 2008, file photo, cash seized by Mexico’s Army, which according to the Defense Department was seized on Sept. 14 from the Sinaloa drug cartel and is displayed to the press in Mexico City. Federal authorities have said they want to go after an estimated $14 billion fortune for the Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo, who was head of the cartel. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File) NYAG403 NYAG403

February 14, 2019 at 1:12 pm

Make El Chapo pay for a border wall? Don’t count on it

Federal officials can't say for sure how much Joaquin Guzman may still have from his decades of smuggling drugs into the U.S., or how exactly...

February 12, 2019 at 2:31 pm

Notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman convicted VIEW

NEW YORK (AP) — Mexico's most notorious drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, was convicted Tuesday of running an industrial-scale smuggling operation after a three-month...

In this courtroom drawing, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, center, sits at the defense table while listening to Judge Brian Cogan addressing the jury, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, during Guzman’s drug trafficking trial in New York. Jurors ended their first week of deliberations on Thursday without reaching a verdict. From left are an interpreter, Guzman and defense attorney Eduardo Balarezo.(Elizabeth Williams via AP) NYR106 NYR106

February 12, 2019 at 7:07 am

Notorious drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman convicted VIEW

NEW YORK (AP) — Mexico's most notorious drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, was convicted Tuesday of running an industrial-scale smuggling operation after a three-month...

February 7, 2019 at 7:13 am

Still no verdict at US drug-trafficking trial of El Chapo

NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors at the U.S. trial of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman ended their first week of deliberations on Thursday...

FILE – In Nov. 13, 2018 file courtroom drawing, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, center, sits next to his defense attorney Eduardo Balarezo, left, for opening statements as Guzman’s high-security trial gets underway in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Guzman is due in court Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, for the prosecution’s summation at a trial that began late in 2018, after Guzman was brought to the U.S. to face drug-trafficking charges. (Elizabeth Williams via AP) NYR402 NYR402

February 4, 2019 at 4:18 am

Fate of Mexican drug lord El Chapo now rests with US jury VIEW

NEW YORK (AP) — After nearly three months of testimony about a vast drug-smuggling conspiracy steeped in violence, a jury began deliberations Monday at the...

February 3, 2019 at 8:07 am

El Chapo trial highlights how Mexico graft impedes drug war

NEW YORK (AP) — In the same Brooklyn courthouse where jurors have heard testimony about Mexican politicians protecting Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's drug empire, a...

February 2, 2019 at 11:25 am

Court papers: Witness claims El Chapo had sex with minors

NEW YORK (AP) — Newly unsealed documents about notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman contain claims by witnesses that he had sex with...

January 30, 2019 at 2:58 am

Prosecutor: El Chapo feared prosecution on US soil

NEW YORK (AP) — Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was portrayed Wednesday in closing arguments at his U.S. trial as a ruthless Mexican drug lord who...

January 29, 2019 at 8:20 am

Defense case at El Chapo trial clocks in at 30 minutes

NEW YORK (AP) — After a prosecution that spanned 11 weeks and had its share of bombshells, the defense case at the U.S. trial of...