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The trial of accused drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman will now begin in November, two months later than scheduled.

The delay comes after lawyers for the cartel leader requested an additional five months to go over evidence, claiming that federal prosecutors overseeing the case had been “sandbagging” them with belated information dumps. Prosecutors had argued for only a one-month delay.

A Brooklyn federal judge agreed to a two-month delay and said jury selection in Guzman’s case will now begin Nov. 5.

https://nypost.com/2018/07/16/judge-pushes-back-start-of-el-chapos-trial-again/
 
euronews‏Verified account @euronews 16h16 hours ago
A potential juror in the New York trial of Mexican drug baron Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was dismissed by the judge on Tuesday after asking for the defendant's autograph. Read more: http://bit.ly/2Phh7Qk


AFP news agency‏Verified account @AFP 7h7 hours ago
Twelve jurors and six alternates were selected to decide the fate of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, one of the most notorious criminals in the world, on trial in New York for smuggling drugs into the United States


Justice in Mexico‏ @JusticeinMexico 4h4 hours ago
#JusticeinMexico Bonus Highlight: Jury selection in the trial of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán was completed today. The pool of anonymous jurors will be comprised of seven women and five men. Six alternate jurors were also selected to participate.


AP Eastern US‏Verified account @APEastRegion 2h2 hours ago
The notoriety of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has prompted security measures that include keeping the jurors in his U.S. trial anonymous.
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Courthouse News‏ @CourthouseNews 22m22 minutes ago
Citing legitimate concerns that an escape attempt could follow, a federal judge refused Thursday to let JoaquinEl ChapoGuzman hug his wife before the start of his drug-trafficking trial. http://ow.ly/wp8I30mybnA @amandaottaway

‘El Chapo’ Loses Bid to Hug Wife Before NYC Trial

November 8, 2018

"BROOKLYN, N.Y. (CN) – Citing legitimate concerns that an escape attempt could follow, a federal judge refused Thursday to let Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman hug his wife before the start of his drug-trafficking trial.

Before the Sinaloa cartel leader’s extradition to New York City over a year ago, Guzman escaped twice from high-security Mexican prisons. Since then he’s been under some of the tightest security restrictions the U.S. can dole out, awaiting trial in solitary confinement inside the notorious 10 South wing of the Metropolitan Correctional Center.

The kingpin has not been allowed to have any contact, either by phone or in person, with his wife, former beauty queen Emma Coronel Aispuro. He spends most court appearances gazing at her in the gallery.

As the parties worked this week to select a jury for Guzman’s trial, slated to begin Nov. 13, defense attorney Mariel Colon Miro asked U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan in a letter Tuesday for some slack....

...Opening arguments begin Tuesday."

‘El Chapo’ Loses Bid to Hug Wife Before NYC Trial
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El Chapo's trial sees 27 jurors dismissed — some for the most bizarre reasons

"A 12-person jury has been confirmed for the trial of drug kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzman — but 27 out of the 60 potential jurors had to be dismissed, some for bizarre reasons....

The seven women and five men on the jury are to remain anonymous throughout the case, which could last four months, Associated Press reported....

...Opening statements will be read on Monday."

El Chapo's trial sees 27 jurors dismissed — some for the most bizarre reasons
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Inside the El Chapo Trial Jury Selection

"From a Michael Jackson impersonator to a handful of people who feared for their lives, here’s how 12 New Yorkers ended up in the seat to weigh charges against an alleged cartel don..."

El Chapo Trial Jury: Sinaloa Cartel Boss Promises Not to Kill Jurors – Rolling Stone
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Top cartel figure who is likely key witness against 'El Chapo' quietly pleads guilty in Chicago

November 9, 2018

"Days before testimony begins in notorious Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s blockbuster trial in New York, one of the prosecution’s likely star witnesses stood in a nearly empty courtroom in Chicago and quietly admitted he helped oversee Guzman’s vast narcotics empire.

The brief hearing before U.S. District Chief Judge Ruben Castillo marked the first time that Vicente Zambada-Niebla, who is the son of the current boss of the cartel, has appeared in public in a U.S. courtroom since it was announced four years ago he was cooperating against El Chapo.

Dressed in a blue sweatshirt, black jeans and sneakers, and sporting a scruffy beard, Zambada-Niebla bounced slightly on the balls of his feet as he pleaded guilty to sweeping narcotics charges that were brought in 2003 in federal court in Washington and transferred to Chicago earlier this year....

Under federal sentencing guidelines, Zambada-Niebla faces life in prison, but prosecutors reiterated Thursday that if he continues to "provide full and truthful cooperation," including possible testimony in “any criminal proceeding,” they will seek an unspecified break in his sentence.

As part of the two plea deals he has cut with the government, Zambada-Neibla has agreed not to fight an unprecedented order to forfeit $1.37 billion in ill-gotten proceeds from the cartel.

Castillo said he would set a sentencing date for Zambada-Niebla after his cooperation was complete, though the trial of Guzman was not specifically mentioned...."

Top cartel figure who is likely key witness against 'El Chapo' quietly pleads guilty in Chicago
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El Chapo trial begins: The story explained

"The trial of drug kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán is to begin on Tuesday in New York under intense security.

Guzmán was arrested in January 2016 after escaping from prison through a tunnel five months earlier.

The Mexican is accused of being behind the all-powerful Sinaloa drug cartel, which prosecutors say was the biggest supplier of drugs to the States.

Key associates, including one of his former lieutenants, are expected to testify against him...."

El Chapo on trial: The story explained
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Meet the $5m 'Dream Team' El Chapo is pinning his hopes on: One defended legendary mobster John Gotti, the other a Mexican cartel chief and the third represented the drug kingpin's NEMESIS

"Trial of Joaquin Guzman Loera ('El Chapo') is set to begin in Brooklyn on Tuesday
The purported Sinaloa Cartel leader will be represented by a $5m legal team
Jeffery Lichtman of Manhattan, Eduardo Balarezo of Washington and William Purpura of Baltimore will be at his side throughout what may be a lengthy trial
El Chapo's family will foot the bill for his representation using 'all drug money,' according to a federal law enforcement source..."

Meet the $5million, three-man legal team defending Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman Loera | Daily Mail Online
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Video: El Chapo lawyer: Prosecution witnesses are 'slop'

The lawyer for Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán says witnesses being called for the prosecution in his trial are "slop".

Former associates of El Chapo are expected to be called to testify during the trial, which will last at least four months in New York City.

Jeffrey Lichtman told the BBC's Nada Tawfik they were "the worst group of co-operators that has ever been produced".

El Chapo lawyer condemns trial witnesses
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Video: El Chapo trial: What will security measures be like?

"The trial of Mexican drug cartel kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán is to begin in New York City.

The level of security for the trial will be unprecedented, with armed escorts for jurors and the regular closure of a major bridge.

The BBC's Nada Tawfik explains what will happen."

Huge security for El Chapo trial
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Even from jail, 'El Chapo' looms large in Mexican home state

"Culiacán (Mexico) (AFP) - He has lost weight in his New York jail cell, and some of his larger-than-life aura, but Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman still looms large over Mexico's Sinaloa, where he launched his narcotics empire.

With his head and trademark mustache shaved, held in solitary confinement 23 hours a day when he is not in court, Guzman is a far cry from the brazen billionaire capo whose Sinaloa cartel brought this lawless western state to world fame.

But even as he goes on trial Tuesday in US federal court, charged with smuggling 155 tons of cocaine into the United States, "El Chapo" remains a constant presence on the streets of Sinaloa's capital, Culiacan, where he was feared and beloved in equal measure during his days as the world's most-wanted drug lord.

Street vendors still sell figurines of a gun-toting Guzman, and hats stamped with the number 701 -- the spot he once held on Forbes magazine's list of the world's richest people, with an estimated fortune of $1 billion.

There is an avid fan base here for the different movies and television series inspired by his life, surely one of the most colorful to come from this region known for its outlaws...."

Even from jail, 'El Chapo' looms large in Mexican home state
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AFP news agency‏Verified account @AFP Nov 10
VIDEO: Far away from New York, where Mexican drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman will go on trial, he still looms large over Mexico's Sinaloa state where he launched his narcotics empire

(video clip: AFP news agency on Twitter )
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Video: 'The moment I caught drug lord El Chapo'

'A former undercover DEA agent describes the moment he brought down the notorious Mexican drug lord."

'The moment I caught drug lord El Chapo'
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