Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, the Mexican drug lord who twice escaped prisons in Mexico, will spend the rest of his life in a US prison
Joaquin"El Chapo" Guzman is escorted by soldiers during a presentation in Mexico City, January 8, 2016.
Before he was sentenced, Guzman complained about the conditions of his confinement and told the judge he was denied a fair trial. He said US District Judge Brian Cogan failed to thoroughly investigate claims of juror misconduct. Cogan also ordered Guzman to pay $12.6 billion in ill-gotten proceeds — money his drug-trafficking organisation made distributing cocaine and other drugs around the United States.
Guzman has been largely cut off from the outside world since his extradition in 2017 and his remarks in the courtroom on Wednesday could be the last time the public hears from him. While the trial was dominated by Guzman's persona as a near-mythical outlaw who carried a diamond-encrusted handgun and stayed one step ahead of the law, the jury never heard from Guzman himself, except when he told the judge he wouldn't testify.
There also were reports Guzman was itching to testify in his own defence until his attorneys talked him out of it, making his sentencing a last chance to seize the spotlight.
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