Why Mexican Drug Lord El Chapo Might Not Face Trial in Brooklyn... or Anywhere Else Roque Planas - The Huffington Post
go to original February 15, 2016

Cashing In On ‘El Chapo': The Cult Of The Narco (VICE News)

A wave of reports poured through the media last week saying that recently recaptured drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera “could be tried in Brooklyn,” where he is indicted on murder and narcotics trafficking charges.

That tentative statement has been true since at least 2009, when a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of New York first indicted Guzmán. The same parade of reports, often with virtually identical headlines, popped up after he was captured last month.

Brooklyn may have an advantage over other jurisdictions hoping to prosecute Guzmán partly because U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, who has prosecuted narcotics cases, served as the chief federal prosecutor in Brooklyn during the time when his indictment was updated to include murder charges.

But the prediction that Guzmán might come to Brooklyn is premature. He might not stand trial there or anywhere else.

Check out a few things that could happen instead at The Huffington Post

Related: 'El Chapo' Says He's Becoming a 'Zombie' as Lawyer Alleges Torture (UPI)

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