The trial of accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman will begin with lawyers’ opening statements in a federal court in Brooklyn on Tuesday amid intense public attention and extraordinary security measures.
- El Chapo’s Sinaloa cartel made nearly $3M a day in Canada, former DEA agent claims
- Former ‘El Chapo’ lieutenant testifies that drug lord tried to have him killed
- ‘El Chapo’ a scapegoat for ‘real’ drug lord who bribed Mexico’s president: lawyer