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-Lurid Crime Tales-
El Chapo is sentenced to life
2019-07-18
  • [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] El Chapo - aka Joaquin Guzman - was sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years

  • He was also ordered to forfeit $12.6 billion in restitution to the US government

  • Guzman, 62, was convicted in February of a slew of drug trafficking charges

  • He denied them all, claiming he was being framed by the Mexican cartel

  • On Wednesday, he spoke for the first time throughout the trial to thank his wife and his legal team for their support

  • His wife will not be allowed to visit him behind bars and Wednesday was likely the last time they will ever see each other

  • María Consuelo Loera Pérez, his mother, was denied a humanitarian visa by the US government so could not attend the hearing

  • He also complained about the 'torturous' conditions in the prison where he has been since January 2017

  • Guzman will now be sent to a supermax prison to live out his days

  • He famously escaped Mexican prison twice before being extradited to the US
Posted by:Fred

#12  Meskin Presidente condemns sentence as inhumane.
Posted by: Phaick Uneretle6310   2019-07-18 18:17  

#11  sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years

When life isn't long enough.
Posted by: Skidmark   2019-07-18 17:44  

#10  So long, Shorty!
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2019-07-18 12:42  

#9  May his sentence be served in full and short.
Posted by: AlanC   2019-07-18 11:04  

#8  Heard that too, Bernard. Perhaps that's why the Mex government actually caught and held him (again).

Check didn't clear.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2019-07-18 10:29  

#7  Chris, they will never see that $12.6 billion. There would be very little in his name. Apparently, he was struggling over the past few years to pay his debts.
Posted by: BernardZ   2019-07-18 10:08  

#6  Hopefully he'll be in a prison with members of rival cartels, so we won't have to feed him another 20 years...
Posted by: Mercutio   2019-07-18 09:04  

#5  just how are they make him forfeit that money though?
Posted by: chris   2019-07-18 08:24  

#4  ^ THIS!
Posted by: Frank G   2019-07-18 07:37  

#3  So that 12.6 billion that he has to forfeit- that would be a nice down payment on a wall.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia    2019-07-18 07:20  

#2  Wife and Huma are mates apparently.
Huma introduced Guzman's wife to a new BF.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-07-18 05:48  

#1  was sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years





Guzman going for his ABA approved annual medical assessment.
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-07-18 03:57  

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