El Chapo sentenced to life
imprisonment
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| Press Conference after Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's sentencing (AFP) |
Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, once the most powerful
drug trafficker in the World, is starting a life sentence plus thirty years,
and US Authorities will try to gain 12.6 billion dollars worth of his vast
fortune.
By James Blears
In Mexico, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, once bribed
his way out of maximum security prison. In a clean break, he was whisked away
in a laundry basket. For the second escape, his henchmen dug a 1.5km tunnel
leading right into his cell. Extradited to the United States and convicted of
narcotics trafficking as well as firearms charges, Chapo, which means
"Shorty, " is now in for a long stretch. He`s going to be sent to
Florence Supermax Penitentiary, in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Known as the
Alcatraz of the Rockies, no one has escaped from there, since it opened in
1994. But it`s never held a prisoner anywhere near as cunning and resourceful
as Chapo.
Described as: "An overwhelming evil," by trial
Judge Brian Cogan, Chapo created, built, masterminded and ruthlessly micro
managed the Sinaloa drug cartel, which sends illegal narcotics to more than 40
countries, the World over. He was once named on Forbes Richest list. US
Authorities will have a hard time recovering the 12.6 billion dollars, which
the Judge has ordered Chapo to forfeit. Chapo never deposited his money in
banks, saying they aren`t trustworthy or secure.
The Sinaloa cartel has moved on apace since Chapo`s final
arrest and extradition. It`s drugs are still seeping into the United States and
its still killing rivals and those who stand in its way.
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