El Chapo’s Lawyer Paints Him as Victim of Police Brutality
What started off in federal court as a gripping description of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s capture in early 2014 spiraled into combative comedy, with the reputed drug lord’s lawyer even suggesting his client had endured police brutality.
DEA agent Victor Vazquez recounted in Brooklyn Federal Court on Thursday how he and a select group of Mexican marines hunted down Guzman some five years ago.
Guzman is now on trial facing 17 counts for allegedly trafficking almost a half-million pounds of cocaine into the U.S. over three decades with the Sinaloa cartel.
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