Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman will reportedly spend the rest of his life behind the bars of Colorado’s Supermax prison.
According to CNN, the infamous Mexican drug lord was in court on Wednesday morning (July 17) and sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years. As part of the deal, Guzman was also ordered to pay $12.6 billion in forfeiture.
During the trial, Guzman spoke for roughly 10 minutes and condemned the New York prison where he’s been held for the past two and a half years. He also referenced a report that a juror had spoken about misconduct by other jurors.
“There was no justice here,” he said in Spanish. “It’s been torture, the most inhumane situation I have lived in my entire life. It has been physical, emotional and mental torture.”
Guzman — who’s been the subject of plenty of rap songs — was convicted in February on 10 counts, including engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, drug trafficking and firearms charges.
The 62-year-old’s fate is unsurprising. Witnesses during the trial testified he ordered and sometimes participated in the torture and murder of perceived cartel enemies.
“The long road that led ‘El Chapo’ Guzman from the mountains of Sinaloa to the courthouse was paved with death, drugs and destruction, but it ended today with justice,” Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski said. “Mr. Guzman thought for more than 25 years that he was untouchable.”
Due to his history of escaping from two Mexican prisons, Guzman is expected to serve out his sentence in the nation’s most secure federal prison in Florence, Colorado.
“He’s going to Supermax, I’m sure, in Colorado,” defense attorney Jeffrey Lichtman said in February. “No one has ever escaped. It’s absolutely impossible. It’s not even an issue.”
how is this criminal related to hiphop? What’s the next article? How many accidents were there on the streets? GTFOH.
GTFOH? Is that the best you have? Use your brain. Please. For once in your life. No one asked you to come to this site and leave negative comments. Do something else.
I do not condone snitching but in this case, if I was El Chapo I start singing like a canary on all the politicians that looked the other way and got paid handsomely allowed all the drugs to just simply come to across the border. You cant tell me all those drugs came to our country in those makeshift submarines or dusty long-ass underground tunnels. Then again he is on American soil and they can easily kill him off and make it seem like it was a natural cause of death.
even if he wasn’t scared to die himself I’m sure such high levels of power would put his family in imminent threat more than even rival cartels could
I guess if he die and come back to life he got to do 30 more years. Dang
Good luck with finding the “billions” from his organization. If he does have it, I’m sure he’d pay a cool billion or two to the prison facility gaurds to get out and stay hush on an island They’ll say he “died”
I never ever wish jail on no man! Im all for freedom but the irony of the statement “It’s been torture, the most inhumane situation I have lived in my entire life. It has been physical, emotional and mental torture.” is unbelievable… from a man who tortured people… had victims tied to the trees on his estate
ElChapo I want to help txt me.
He did stuff for his people though, he gave back, and got fat. FACTS!
He going to get out watch. He is friends with politicians.
Would hate to work at that prison after he shows up. I would quit.
Sean Penn snitched on this man. Never trust a j-w!
Free Chapo!
What kind of Hiphop news is this
How could they? They have turned him into a slave!
he’s going to Supermax, he’s never getting out. Plus killaz n rapists there don’t care who you are, all the best to him
There are levels prison dummy.
Why not fine him 2 billion and just let him walk?
Bummer aint it?