Tag: Joaquin El Chapo

Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ convicted by NY jury

by Laura BONILLA CAL Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Mexican mobster Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was convicted Tuesday of crimes spanning a quarter-century in a trial that laid bare his lavish lifestyle and penchant for extreme violence as head of one of the world’s most powerful gangs. The 61-year-old former boss of the notorious Sinaloa cartel — famed for his brazen escapes from Mexican prisons — faces life in prison for […]