13th November 2018
‘El Chapo’ Guzman trial to begin under unprecedented security measures (cnn.com).
Having been extradited to the US from Mexico almost two years ago (Latest Picks updated Jan. 2017) so as to not embarrassingly escape from another maximum security prison again.
His long-awaited trial before US District Court Judge Brian Cogan in Brooklyn federal court begins with opening statements under unprecedented security measures, including armed escorts for the anonymous and partly sequestered jurors.
With the Brookyn Bridge being shut down each time a police motorcade shuttles Guzmán to and from the courthouse and one female juror being excused and dismissed for quite understandably suffering much anxiety since selection and with his lawyer’s play being that he is being scapegoated and was more a figurehead and not the real controlling power in the Sinaloa cartel, Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada (Latina Pick of the Week 3rd Aug. 2014):
Note: This post has been moved to Blog due to length of extended updates.
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