Tag: Jaoquin El Chapo

Mexico drug lord ‘El Chapo’ pleads not guilty in U.S. court

NEW YORK, United States (Reuters) — Drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman appeared in a U.S. court on Friday (January 20) after his surprise extradition from Mexico and pleaded not guilty to charges that he ran the world’s largest drug-trafficking organization during a decades-long criminal career. El Chapo (Spanish for “Shorty”), who twice made dramatic escapes from Mexican prisons and was one of the world’s most wanted drug lords, was accompanied by two court-appointed lawyers […]