EL Chapo - Drug Cartel Chief, arrested for Trafficking, conspiracy, firearms etc. *guilty* #2

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Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 20h20 hours ago
Just published @vicenews:

Judge Cogan sides with the prosecutors, ruling that media coverage likely had no impact on the El Chapo verdict because “a mountain range of evidence” showed he was guilty

EL CHAPO ISN’T GETTING A NEW TRIAL

Jul 3, 2019

"Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán successfully busted out of two Mexican prisons, once by hiding in a laundry cart and later by riding a motorcycle through a mile-long tunnel. But his attempt to escape his recent conviction in the United States has failed.

On Wednesday, Judge Brian Cogan denied the Sinaloa cartel leader’s request for a new trial. Chapo will now be sentenced on July 17 at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, where he faces a mandatory sentence of life without parole..."

El Chapo Isn't Getting a New Trial

 

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Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 20h20 hours ago
Here's the context for Judge Cogan's "mountain range of evidence" quote…

Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 20h20 hours ago
El Chapo's lawyer @NYCDefenseLaw says the defense will appeal Judge Cogan's ruling.
Statement: "This isn’t even remotely surprising…"

 

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Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 20h20 hours ago
Here's the story that led us here, my interview with an anonymous juror a week after El Chapo was convicted.

Inside El Chapo’s jury: A juror speaks for first time about convicting the kingpin


Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 20h20 hours ago
Next up for El Chapo is his sentencing in Brooklyn on July 17, where he's facing a mandatory sentence of life with no parole.


Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 19h19 hours ago
Here's the crux of Judge Cogan's ruling.
He's saying the evidence against El Chapo was so strong that it doesn't matter whether jurors actively sought out news coverage during the trial or came across it accidentally — the outcome would have been guilty either way.

Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 19h19 hours ago
And here's Judge Cogan explaining why he thinks it doesn't matter that jurors read news coverage about allegations that El Chapo "drugged and sexually abused underage women"

Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 19h19 hours ago
Also, there are several paragraphs in this ruling that discuss the contents of my Twitter feed, which is pretty surreal…

 

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Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer 20h20 hours ago
No second trial for Chapo. In a 45-page order, judge Cogan denied the defense’s request and said jurors lied about following media coverage out of fear of getting in trouble not “because they harbored any biases against defendant or in favor of the Government.”

Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer 20h20 hours ago
Chapo’s attorney, @NYCDefenseLaw characterized the judge’s denial as “a stain of injustice” and not “even remotely surprising,” adding: “We’ve said from the start that the Joaquin Guzman trial was more of an inquisition, a show trial, than an exercise in true American justice.”


Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer 20h20 hours ago
If Chapo had gotten a hearing for retrial @NYCDefenseLaw says “the 18 jurors and alternates would have told 18 different stories – thus necessitating a new trial for sure.” Instead: “the jury’s rampant misconduct was summarily swept under the rug by the Court and the government.”

 

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Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 14h14 hours ago
Federal prosecutors have filed a motion seeking $12 billion in asset forfeiture from El Chapo

Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 14h14 hours ago
To be precise, the government wants $12,666,191,704.00 from El Chapo

Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 14h14 hours ago
So far, the feds haven’t been able to seize a dime from Chapo. They’ll be lucky to get even a fraction of $12 billion, which is the supposed street value of all the drugs he smuggled over the years.

 

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Alan Feuer‏ @alanfeuer 15h15 hours ago
The 582 TONS of coke that Chapo Guzman got from suppliers who testified against him at the trial is “a conservative“ estimate of what he may actually have trafficked, the US government says in a forfeiture request asking that he fork over $12 billion...

 

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U.S. demands $12.7 billion in judgment against 'El Chapo'

JULY 5, 2019

"NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. authorities said on Friday they were seeking a court order requiring Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to forfeit $12.7 billion following his conviction for racketeering and drug trafficking crimes earlier this year.

The sum represents the total amount of cocaine, marijuana and heroin that a jury found Guzman to have trafficked, multiplied by the average prices of those drugs, according to a filing by prosecutors in Brooklyn federal court.

It was not immediately clear what assets, if any, the United States could seize to satisfy the judgment....

“This is largely an academic exercise as the government has never located or identified a penny of this $12.7 billion in proceeds supposedly generated by Mr. Guzman,” said Jeffrey Lichtman, a lawyer for Guzman...."

U.S. demands $12.7 billion in judgment against 'El Chapo' - Reuters

 

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Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 9h9 hours ago
El Chapo is due to be sentenced next week in New York. Prosecutors just filed a memo to the judge seeking life in prison, calling him "a ruthless and bloodthirsty leader of the Sinaloa Cartel."

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6188485-El-Chapo-sentencing-memo.html …

Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 9h9 hours ago
Federal prosecutors say El Chapo smuggle "at least 1,213,100 kilograms of cocaine" into the US.

Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 8h8 hours ago
Keegan Hamilton Retweeted Jeffrey Lichtman

Statement from Chapo’s lawyer…

Jeffrey Lichtman‏ @NYCDefenseLaw
Statement on the sentencing of Joaquin #ElChapo Guzman:

 

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Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer 8h8 hours ago
The government has asked the judge to sentence Chapo "a ruthless and bloodthirsty leader of the Sinaloa Cartel" to life imprisonment with another 30 years tacked on, plus restitution to victims. To avoid double jeopardy they suggest dropping three narcotics distribution counts.

Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer 7h7 hours ago
The memo holds no surprise. When a jury found that Chapo was a leader of the Sinaloa cartel, who had “trafficked 150 kilograms or more of cocaine and obtained $10,000,000 or more in gross receipts within a twelve-month period” he was guaranteed life in prison.


Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer 7h7 hours ago
The government argues that for Chapo "even if the statute did not require such a sentence" (which it does) the judge should still find that a life sentence is necessary (which is beside the point) because of “the horrific nature and circumstances of the defendant’s offense."

Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer 7h7 hours ago
In its five-page sentencing memo submitted to the judge tonight, the government argues that a harsh sentence against Chapo makes an example of him and “will provide general deterrence to drug kingpins who believe they are beyond the reach of the law.”


Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer 7h7 hours ago
Chapo’s attorney @NYCDefenseLaw called the government’s unspecified restitution requests “a fiction” and part of “the show trial” involving a criminally-acting jury. "And neither the judge nor the government care," undercutting "the exceptionalism of the American legal system."


Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer 7h7 hours ago
By the numbers, Chapo is responsible for: “importation or attempted importation” into the U.S. of at least: 1,213,100 kilos of cocaine, 1,440 kilos of cocaine base, 222 kilos of heroin, 49,800 kilos of marijuana and “quantities” of methamphetamine.


Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer 7h7 hours ago
P.S.: On the off-chance Chapo's top charge is reversed/ vacated, the government would reinstate three otherwise dismissed convictions. Victim restitution amounts will be decided “within 90 days” of his sentencing. And don't forget last week's added $12.7 billion forfeiture claim.

 

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Prosecutors want El Chapo to rot in prison for life — plus 30 years

July 10, 2019

"Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman should be sentenced to life behind bars — plus 30 years, according to prosecutors.

Guzman, 62, already faces a mandatory minimum of life behind bars at sentencing following his February conviction on various drug trafficking charges — including operating a continual criminal enterprise.

Prosecutors say Brooklyn federal court judge Brian Cogan should tack 30 years onto the baseline sentence because a jury found Guzman guilty of the unlawful use of a firearms, including machine guns, while running the Sinaloa Cartel....

n their five-page filing, prosecutors also reveal that at least one unnamed Guzman victim will make a victim impact statement at next week’s sentencing — and another at least one more is seeking restitution.

“At least one of the victims who survived a murder plot initiated by the defendant intends to make a victim-impact statement at the sentencing hearing on July 17,” the document reads. “All but one of the victims the government was able to contact indicated that they would not seek restitution in this case. The government is awaiting a victim loss affidavit from the single victim who has indicated s/he would like to seek restitution.”

While it’s not clear from the filing who that victim is, former associate Miguel Angel Martinez Martinez testified at trial he survived at least three attempted murders ordered by Guzman while he worked for the Sinaloa Cartel, including an incident in which grenades were lobbed into his jail cell...."

https://nypost.com/2019/07/10/prosecutors-want-el-chapo-to-rot-in-prison-for-life-plus-30-years/

 

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Woman El Chapo failed to kill will speak at his sentencing

July 11, 2019

"The only victim expected to speak before the sentencing of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is the former head of a modeling agency he once tried to have killed, The Post has learned.

Guzman ordered the murder of the woman, whose name The Post is withholding, after she attempted to bribe a high-ranking law enforcement official with $10 million on the kingpin’s behalf — but the man refused. When the attempted murder victim told the Sinaloa Cartel leader the man had turned down the money, Guzman didn’t take it well.

“[Guzman] was angry and he said she was a liar, he ordered her killed,” former cartel associate Alex Cifuentes testified at the drug-lord’s trial...."

https://nypost.com/2019/07/11/woman-el-chapo-failed-to-kill-will-speak-at-his-sentencing/

 

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https://nypost.com/2019/07/12/jeffrey-epsteins-cell-is-three-doors-down-from-el-chapo/

 

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El Chapo expected to get life sentence from US judge

July 16, 2019

"New York: After a dramatic decades-long run as one of the world's most notorious druglords, there is little suspense about what will happen in a New York courtroom on Wednesday: Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is expected to be sentenced to life in prison.

The hearing is more or less a formality: Guzman, the 62-year-old former leader of the Sinaloa cartel, was convicted in February of crimes spanning a quarter of a century including trafficking hundreds of tons of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamines and marijuana to the United States.

The charges, which also include money laundering and weapons-related offenses, carry a mandatory life sentence....

On Wednesday, the kingpin - who twice escaped Mexican prisons, in 2001 and again in 2015 - could see his wife Emma Coronel and their two daughters for the last time...."

El Chapo expected to get life sentence from US judge

 

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Wednesday, July 17th:
*Sentencing Hearing (@ 9:30am ET) - NY – *Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera (El Chapo) (~61) arrested & charged with smuggled 155 tons of cocaine into U.S. Sinaloa drug cartel chief. Guzmán faces 10-count indictment charging him with drug trafficking, murder conspiracy & money laundering spanning nearly three decades. Plead not guilty to all charges. No bail.
Prosecutors say Guzmán ran Mexico's Sinaloa cartel from 1989 to 2014. In that time, they allege the cartel brought cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine & marijuana into the U.S. Prosecutors also charged Guzmán in connection with the assassinations of thousands of competitors. Plead not guilty to all charges. If convicted, he faces life in prison.
Trial expected to last several months. Also for trafficking, conspiracy & firearms indictments in California, Arizona (dropped), Texas, Illinois, Florida & New York.
2/12/19 Day 44 – Day 6 of Jury Deliberations: The jury found El Chapo guilty of all 10 counts of the indictment.
Court hearing from 2/22/19 thru 6/25/19 reference post #133 here:
GUILTY - EL Chapo - Drug Cartel Chief, arrested for Trafficking, conspiracy, firearms etc. - #2
6/25/19 Update: Sentencing rescheduled for 7/17.
7/3/19 Update: Judge Cogan has denied El Chapo's request for a new trial. Ruling that media coverage likely had no impact on the El Chapo verdict because “a mountain range of evidence” showed he was guilty. Chapo will now be sentenced on July 17 at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, where he faces a mandatory sentence of life without parole. El Chapo's lawyer says the defense will appeal Judge Cogan's ruling.
7/5/19 Update: Federal prosecutors have filed a motion seeking $12 billion in asset forfeiture from El Chapo. To be precise, the government wants $12,666,191,704.00. The sum represents the total amount of cocaine, marijuana and heroin that a jury found Guzman to have trafficked, multiplied by the average prices of those drugs, according to a filing by prosecutors in Brooklyn federal court.
7/10/19 Update: Gov't asks Judge to sentence El Chapo to life imprisonment with another 30 years tacked on, plus restitution to victims. To avoid double jeopardy they suggest dropping three narcotics distribution counts.

 

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Mexican drug boss El Chapo Guzman described as 'funny and sarcastic' ahead of sentencing (with clip)

17 July 2019

"Mexican drug boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is expected to be handed a life sentence on Wednesday after his conviction for decades of smuggling narcotics earlier this year....

Speaking to 7NEWS reporter Mylee Hogan ahead the sentencing, he shed some insight on the infamous trial.

"He's got a dark sense of humour. He's sarcastic, he's funny," Litchman said.

"All I ever asked for was a fair trial, I don't ask for his freedom."..."

https://7news.com.au/news/crime/el-chapo-guzman-to-be-sentenced-in-us-c-318293

 

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Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 14h14 hours ago
Nice preview of El Chapo’s sentencing tomorrow by @alanfeuer with a look at the status of several other key players connected to the case

El Chapo Sentencing: An Epic Criminal Career Nears Its Final Chapter


Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 50m50 minutes ago
Hello from the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, where the line to get a seat at El Chapo’s sentencing began forming late last night. Now up to 40+ people.

(video clip: Keegan Hamilton on Twitter )


Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 45m45 minutes ago
There’s no mystery about El Chapo’s fate today: He faces a mandatory life sentence with no chance for parole.

But this will be his last moment in public before he’s shipped off to supermax, and he may deliver a statement to the court.

 

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Molly Crane-Newman‏Verified account @molcranenewman 4h4 hours ago
Twas the night before #Chapo’s sentencing, when all thro' the eastern district, many reporters were stirring and effing and blinding.

Molly Crane-Newman‏Verified account @molcranenewman 2h2 hours ago
Mood: not as comfy as I look.

 

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Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer 4h4 hours ago
Sleeping under the city sky. T-minus 7 hours and 21 minutes until Chapo’s sentencing. I arrived at federal court in Brooklyn before midnight and am 22 in line outside. Lots to anticipate: we might hear from Chapo himself! (Maybe a victim, too.)

Emily Palmer‏Verified account @emilyepalmer 31m31 minutes ago
I should clarify: 22 of us arrived at court before midnight, plus Chapo makes 23.

 

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Noah Hurowitz‏Verified account @NoahHurowitz 17h17 hours ago
Convicted Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán is set to be sentenced Wednesday morning in Brooklyn. Prosecutors are requesting a sentence of life + 30 years. As always, I'll be there reporting for @RollingStone. In the meantime, read up on some greatest hits from trial

Noah Hurowitz‏Verified account @NoahHurowitz 53m53 minutes ago
Good morning from Brooklyn federal court, where convicted drug lord El Chapo is scheduled to be sentenced in a few hours. Reporters have been camped out here all night in order to get a spot in the courtroom. It’s quite a scene

(video clip: Noah Hurowitz on Twitter )

 

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Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 3h3 hours ago
The Chapo press corps – at EDNY Federal Court

Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 3h3 hours ago
High security at the courthouse today for Chapo, including this very good bomb-sniffing boy

Keegan Hamilton‏Verified account @keegan_hamilton 2h2 hours ago
Heading up to the courtroom now, stay tuned for updates…


Noah Hurowitz‏Verified account @NoahHurowitz 60m60 minutes ago
Ok, folks! The sentencing hearing for El Chapo is set to begin in a few minutes. The outcome won't be a surprise: he faces a mandatory life sentence.

Here's the cliffhanger: it appears likely that Chapo, who never spoke at trial, will give a statement. Stay tuned!