The queue began forming at 2am. It snaked around the walls of the Brooklyn courthouse: journalists and “narco tourists” lining up for five hours, in subzero temperatures, to see the show.
Its “star” was a short and stocky peasant farmer from Mexico. But, of course, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was no ordinary farmer.
“We told you back in November this case would be about drugs, money and violence,” said Andrea Goldbarg, summing up the case for the prosecution. “And we have showed you how, over the past 25 years, the defendant rose to become one of the principal leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel.”
Guzman was tried on 10 counts relating to drug trafficking, money laundering and firearms charges – accusations…
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