Mike Pompeo praises slowed migrant flow in meeting with Mexico's Marcelo Ebrard
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday thanked his Mexican counterpart for increased immigration enforcement by the country that Washington said is leading to fewer migrants entering the United States. The meeting confirmed a considerably calmer tone in U.S.-Mexican relations than in early June, when ...
U.S. wants drug lord 'El Chapo' in prison for life, after he hears from murder plot victim
U.S. prosecutors said they want the Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to spend the rest of his life — plus 30 years — in prison, after he hears from a victim who survived one of his murder plots. Guzman, 62, faces a mandatory ...
Jurors in the U.S. trial of accused Mexican drug cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman began their second day of deliberations in a federal court in Brooklyn on Tuesday. Guzman, 61, is accused of leading Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel, which became one of the most powerful ...
'Avalanche of evidence' against 'El Chapo,' prosecutors say at U.S. trial
The "avalanche of evidence" presented against Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman at his New York trial over the past three months shows he is guilty of trafficking tons of drugs to the United States, prosecutors said Wednesday. In closing arguments, U.S. Attorney Andrea Goldbarg pointed to ...
Wife of 'El Chapo' played key role in escape plots, ex-lieutenant testifies
The wife of accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman played an important role in plotting his 2015 escape from a Mexican prison and tried to help him escape again after he was recaptured the following year, one Guzman's former top lieutenants testified ...
Experts doubt claim by witness that 'El Chapo' paid Mexican ex-president $100 million bribe
Did the world's most famous drug lord really pay Mexico's ex-president a $100-million bribe not to arrest him? The claim, made by a witness Tuesday at the trial of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, stretches credibility, experts say — starting with the fact that it would ...
'El Chapo' trial witness tells of $100 million bribe drug lord allegedly paid to Pena Nieto
A witness at the U.S. trial of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman testified on Tuesday that he previously told U.S. authorities the accused Mexican drug lord once paid a $100 million bribe to former Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto. Alex Cifuentes, who has said he was ...
'El Chapo' jurors see intimate texts caught by drug lord's spyware
Prosecutors in the U.S. trial of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman on Wednesday shared with jurors text messages they said the accused Mexican drug lord sent to his wife and apparent mistress in which he discussed narrowly escaping from a raid and joked about arming ...
Drug lord 'El Chapo' ordered murder of man who wouldn't shake his hand, witness testifies
Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was a ruthless killer who ordered the murder of a man who had refused to shake his hand at a meeting, a prosecution witness told jurors at Guzman's U.S. trial on Monday. Jesus Zambada, the brother of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, ...
'El Chapo' was just co-leader of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel, informant tells NY trial
Drug baron Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman co-headed the Sinaloa cartel, a drug trafficker turned cooperating witness told his U.S. trial Wednesday, skewering defense claims that the defendant is little more than a scapegoat. Jesus "El Rey" Zambada, brother of still-at-large co-defendant Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, ...
Jurors selected for marathon U.S. trial of Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo'
Twelve jurors and six alternates were selected Wednesday to decide the fate of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, one of the most notorious criminals in the world, on trial in New York for smuggling drugs into the United States over a quarter of a century. The ...
NY trial starts for Mexico escape-artist drug lord 'El Chapo' under tight security
The New York trial began Monday under razor tight security for Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, accused of running the world's biggest drug cartel and spending a quarter of a century smuggling more than 155 tons of cocaine into the United States. Guzman, one of the ...
