An undated file photograph exhibits Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, after been recaptured in 2014, and offered by the authorities, in Mexico Metropolis, Mexico. File Picture by Mario Guzman/EPA
Jan. 25 (UPI) — The 2nd U.S Circuit Courtroom of Appeals in Manhattan upheld the 2019 conviction of Mexican drug cartel chief Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman on Tuesday.
Guzman, who’s at present serving life in jail in Colorado, was convicted of conspiracy, drug trafficking, kidnapping, homicide and different expenses, however has challenged the ruling resulting from alleged unfairness earlier than and in the course of the trial.
Guzman’s attraction argued he was denied the suitable to a good trial after a Vice information story was revealed, claiming a number of of the jurors have been following the trial within the media and lied to the decide.
He additionally stated that his strict pre-trial circumstances made it troublesome to mount a correct protection.
Nonetheless, the judges dominated that Guzman’s trial was carried out “with diligence and equity, after issuing a collection of meticulously crafted pretrial rulings.”
Together with a life sentence, Guzman was additionally ordered to pay $12.6 billion in forfeiture.
His spouse Emma Coronel Aispuro, additionally pleaded responsible final yr to expenses of drug trafficking and cash laundering, and was sentenced to 3 years in jail.
After his trial, Guzman claimed that there was no justice in America.
“For the reason that authorities will ship me to a jail the place my title won’t ever be heard once more, I take this chance to say: There was no justice right here,” he stated.
“You denied me a good trial whereas the entire world was watching. … What occurred right here could be very clear, that the USA is as corrupt as any nation.”