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'Like a soap opera': The glamorous life of El Chapo's detained wife

Drazen Jorgic and Lizbeth Diaz, Reuters
Posted at Feb 23 06:21 PM

Piggybacking on her husband's fame and seeking to cash-in on her celebrity outside Mexico, Coronel launched a clothing brand in the United States in 2019 and even appeared in a US reality show about mafia families.   Read more »

'El Chapo' once held as much power as Mexican president -Lopez Obrador

Reuters
Posted at Jan 02 08:57 AM

MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador declared an end to the days of collusion between crime and government, saying in a holiday address there was a time when drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was as powerful as the country's president. Read more »

Drug kingpin El Chapo sentenced to life in US prison

Laura Bonilla, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 18 10:52 AM

NEW YORK - Once one of the world's most powerful and notorious criminals, Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was sentenced to life imprisonment Wednesday -- the mandatory punishment for a host of crimes spanning a quarter-century. Read more »

Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' says confinement is 'mental torture'

Brendan Pierson and Jonathan Stempel, Reuters
Posted at Jul 17 10:11 PM

NEW YORK - Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the Mexican drug lord found guilty of running a murderous criminal enterprise that smuggled tons of drugs into the United States, on Wednesday said his confinement amounted to "mental torture" before a US judge sentenced him. Read more »

El Chapo's wife to launch clothing brand using drug lord's name

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 02 03:20 AM

The wife of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is to launch a new line in clothing bearing the name of the jailed Mexican mob boss, convicted earlier this year of smuggling huge amounts of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine into the United States.  Read more »

'El Chapo' likely heading for Colorado prison where no one has escaped

Alex Dobuzinskis, Reuters
Posted at Feb 13 07:44 AM

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the Mexican found guilty in a US court on Tuesday of running a criminal enterprise that smuggled drugs into the United States, is likely headed to a "supermax" prison where repeating his past escapes would be nearly impossible.   Read more »

Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' found guilty in US trial

Brendan Pierson, Reuters
Updated as of Feb 13 02:22 AM

NEW YORK (UPDATED) - The world's most infamous cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who rose from poverty in rural Mexico to run a global drug empire and amass billions of dollars, was found guilty in a US court on Tuesday of drug trafficking. Read more »

El Chapo’s wife says mobster is ‘excellent’ husband, father

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 02 04:34 AM

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was accused of smuggling hundreds of tons of drugs into the United States over the past quarter-century. Read more »

El Chapo, actor who plays him on 'Narcos' cross paths in US court

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 29 08:55 AM

The actor who plays Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in the Netflix hit "Narcos: Mexico" made an appearance in a federal courtroom in Brooklyn on Monday, taking advantage of an unusual opportunity to study his character in real life. Read more »

'El Chapo' paid former Mexican president $100 million bribe -trial witness

Brendan Pierson, Reuters
Posted at Jan 16 07:55 AM

Accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman once paid a $100 million bribe to former Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, a former associate testified on Tuesday that he previously told US authorities. Read more »

Chapo's secret messages to his wife and lover revealed

Laura Bonilla, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 10 07:43 AM

Prosecutors trying Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman opened an extraordinary window Wednesday into the intimate life of the Mexican drug lord as he plotted crime deals with his wife and a lover while doting on his twin daughters.   Read more »

Mexican presidents accused as defense opens El Chapo trial

Laura Bonilla, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 14 07:51 AM

Drug baron Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's defense told his New York trial Tuesday that his cartel bribed Mexican presidents, painting the absent co-defendant as a ruthless criminal who murdered in cold blood. Read more »

El Chapo's US drugs trial kicks off under tight security

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 06 05:54 AM

The New York trial began Monday under razor tight security for Joaquin "El Chapo," accused of running the world's biggest drug cartel and spending a quarter of a century smuggling more than 155 tons of cocaine into the United States. Read more »

Capo no more, Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' faces the music

Laura Bonilla Cal and Sylvain Estibal, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 04 10:22 AM

It is reckoning time for Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who will go on trial Monday in New York and faces life in prison if convicted of charges that for 25 years he flooded the United States with tons of cocaine, marijuana, heroin and methamphetamine.  Read more »