About two years after the extradition to the United States started in New York in the process against the Mexican drug boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. The court began on Monday, twelve members of the jury to choose, to decide, for security reasons, anonymous on guzmán’s destiny. To kick off should be around questioned 40 potential jurors.
The security arrangements around the court in Brooklyn, New York were extremely high. In front of the building, dozens of reporters and look gathered in the rain funny. “El Chapo” appeared in a blue jacket and white shirt. The court in Brooklyn is regarded as an Institution in the fight against organized crime.
jury selection is expected to take several days. The opening statements are for the 13. November planned. The procedure will take, according to the assessment of judge Brian Cogan for several months.
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The 61-year-old Guzman of the public Prosecutor’s office with drug smuggling and other illegal transactions billion earned after Conviction. About a dozen state attorneys sitting in New York in the case, 16 witnesses have placed them in position. Guzmán has hired several Star defenders.
in 2017 had been delivered to “El Chapo” in the United States. Since then, he sits in a high-security prison in Manhattan, 24 hours a day in a 15 square meters large, windowless cell. The exceptions are only during the week, if he is allowed to use daily for one hour with a treadmill and a bike Trainer. Depression and hallucinations are the result of warned his lawyers. In Mexico we have several spectacular Prison breaks.
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In the case of a conviction, a sentence of life imprisonment threatens to Guzmán. The death penalty is excluded pursuant to an agreement between Mexico and the United States.
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