Canada Goose online Jury Selection Begins In Trial Of Notorious Mexican Drug Lord ‘El Chapo’ Canada Goose online

uk canada goose Jury selection begins today in the trial of the notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman He’s being tried in Brooklyn’s federal courthouse on Canada Goose sale drug trafficking and conspiracy charges. The indictment spans decades. NPR’s canada goose store Carrie Kahn reports. uk canada goose

CARRIE KAHN, BYLINE: canada goose outlet Guzman’s nickname is El Chapo, Shorty in Spanish, due to his size. canada goose coats He’s just about five foot six inches tall. But if prosecutors are to be believed, Chapo was a giant overseeing a drug canada goose clearance smuggling enterprise like no other in the world. To prosecute this kingpin, former federal prosecutor Laurie Levenson says the government has brought their A team, the Eastern District of New York.

Canada Goose Online KAHN: A spokesman for the district says prosecutors are not commenting on the case. Security around the courthouse in downtown Brooklyn will be tight throughout the https://www.canadagoosejacketsoutsale.com trial, and jurors’ identities will remain anonymous, too. Levenson says that’s not unusual, but the complexity of the trial is. Canada Goose Online

canada goose factory sale LEVENSON: It’s a huge case Canada Goose online any way you look at it. When you look at the allegations in the indictment, the number of witnesses who will testify, the international cooperation here, this is as big as it gets. early last year. One of his lawyers, Jeffrey Lichtman, says Guzman has been held in solitary confinement, locked in a cell for 23 hours a day. canada goose buy canada goose jacket factory Canada Goose Outlet sale

Canada Goose sale JEFFREY LICHTMAN: The 9/11 co conspirators were kept in better conditions than Mr. Guzman, so I think he’s happy to finally get out of there with very little buy canada goose jacket cheap human contact. Canada Goose sale

canada goose uk black friday KAHN: Guzman will attend the trial every day. In pre trial hearings, police even closed the Brooklyn Bridge to securely transfer Guzman from Manhattan. While some criticize the high level of security and commuters’ inconvenience, Guzman did escape twice from Mexican prisons at great embarrassment to the Mexican government. canada goose uk black friday

canada goose During his months on the lam, Chapo gave an interview to actors Kate del Castillo and Sean Penn. canada goose

(SOUNDBITE OF ROOSTER CROWING)

KAHN: In canada goose deals a short video Guzman filmed for the actors, roosters crow loudly, and heavily armed men walk in and out of the camera shot, and Guzman provided what could be damning evidence. In it, Guzman says where he grew up, there were no other opportunities than to grow marijuana and heroin poppies.

canada goose store Penn says Chapo boasted to him of supplying more heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana than anybody else in the world. Prosecutors agree and, according to court filings, will produce a mountain of evidence to support that claim, including more than 100,000 audio recordings and tens of thousands of documents as well as the testimony of former traffickers now cooperating with the government. canada goose store

Canada Goose Jackets Defense lawyer Lichtman says those ex associates are themselves highly suspect. Canada Goose Jackets

canada goose uk outlet LICHTMAN: They’ve got long histories of criminal activity and dishonesty. Mr. Guzman has been mischaracterized. I think he’s been a wonderful scapegoat. canada goose uk outlet

canada goose uk shop KAHN: Hinting at his defense, Lichtman says one person can’t have done all that the government is accusing him of. Evidence of that, some analysts say, is the fact that Guzman’s Sinaloa cartel is still operating. canada goose uk shop

buy canada goose jacket Last week, the DEA released its annual National Drug Threat Assessment, naming the cartel as one of the major criminal organizations operating in Mexico. And a congressional canada goose research report released this year canadian goose jacket says the cartel may be canada goose clearance sale resilient to high level arrests. Researcher Cecilia Farfan Mendez at the University of California at San Diego agrees. buy canada goose jacket

cheap canada goose uk CECILIA FARFAN MENDEZ: Drug trafficking is a complex task that requires, you know, many moving parts and requires many different expertise. cheap canada goose uk

canada goose coats on sale KAHN: Guzman himself says as much in that interview tape for actors del Castillo and Sean Penn. canada goose coats on sale

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

JOAQUIN GUZMAN: (Speaking Spanish).

KAHN: “The day I no longer exist, Canada Goose Parka drug trafficking won’t end not one bit,” he says. Joaquin Guzman’s trial is expected to last four months. If convicted, he faces life in prison. Carrie Kahn, Canada Goose Jackets NPR News, Mexico City.

canada goose black friday sale NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by Verb8tm, Inc., an NPR contractor, and produced using a proprietary transcription process developed with NPR. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. canada goose black friday sale Accuracy and availability may vary canada goose black cheap Canada Goose friday sale.