The notorious Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been sentenced to life behind bars in a US prison.
A federal judge in Brooklyn hands down the sentence this afternoon.
Guzman was convicted in February in an epic drug-trafficking case.
In this Jan. 19, 2017 photo provided US law enforcement, authorities escort Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman, center, from a plane to a waiting caravan of SUVs at Long Island MacArthur Airport, in Ronkonkoma, NY. (US law enforcement via AP, File)
The 62-year-old drug lord was brought to the US to stand trial after he twice broke out of Mexican prisons.
The guilty verdict triggered a mandatory sentence of life without parole.
Guzman told US District Judge Brian Cogan before he was sentenced that he was denied a fair trial. He said Cogan failed to thoroughly investigate claims of juror misconduct in the case.
Under Guzman’s leadership, the Sinaloa cartel was responsible for multiple murders and smuggling mountains of cocaine and other drugs into the United States.
Guzman’s lawyers say he was framed.
— AP
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