Mexican cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is on trial in New York for US drug trafficking charges next week. He has pleaded not guilty to charges of overseeing the sinal drug cartel as it directed massive shipments of drugs – including heroin, cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamine to the United States. If convicted, he faces life in prison. He has been in solitary confinement and barred from seeing his wife out of concerns he couuld pass massages to his cohorts. Earlier this week, a defense lawyer asked Judge Cogan to grant a “humanitarian gesture” of letting Guzmán greet his wife, former beauty queen Emma Coronel, in the courtroom before the jury enters. Allowing “an embrace with the railing between them would not pose a threat to security”, the letter read. The judge did not immediately rule on the request. Opening statement of this trial will be on Tuesday, November 13th. This will be very interesting to watch.
By: Jack Bronec
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/07/el-chapo-trial-latest-jury-selection-new-york
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