In oral arguments before the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York, attorney Marc Fernich cited a news report that during deliberations jurors were exposed to salacious claims that were barred from the trial, including that Guzman sexually abused girls he referred to as “vitamins” that gave him energy.
A lawyer for Mexican drug lord JoaquĂn “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera asked a federal appeals court in Manhattan on Monday to grant him a new trial, saying a media report of alleged juror misconduct was reason to overturn his conviction for running a narcotics empire.
He was one of the biggest traffickers of drugs to the US and, in 2009, entered Forbes' list of the world's richest men at number 701, with an estimated worth of $1bn.
El Chapo's Net WorthNet Worth$3 BillionGold & Diamonds$70 MillionInventory$2 BillionAssets$350 MillionInvestments$90 Million2 more rows•Apr 8, 2022
The 26-Year-Old Defense Attorney Whose First Two Clients Were El Chapo and Jeffrey Epstein. In April 2017, Mariel ColĂłn MirĂł was four months out of law school and looking for a way to earn money while she waited on the results of the New York State bar exam.
He escaped from two maximum-security Mexican prisons — in 2001 with the assistance of prison guards and in 2015 through a tunnel underneath the shower in his jail cell.
At his height, El Chapo had over $14 billion, and was still making money hand over fist whilst behind bars. Today, the drug lord is thought to have significantly less, but his wealth can still be seen on his son's social media accounts.
8:2911:37El Chapo Versus Pablo Escobar - How Do They Compare? - YouTubeYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipAt one point Escobar was getting around 15 tons of cocaine into the u.s.. Every. Single day thisMoreAt one point Escobar was getting around 15 tons of cocaine into the u.s.. Every. Single day this worked out to something like 26 billion dollars a year for the cartel.
1. Pablo Escobar: $30 Billion – Topping the list of the richest drug lords.
Chapo started to come up in the late 1990s. Pablo never met Chapo. Pablo's contacts in Mexico in the '80s —we had great evidence, we had fax intercepts —were people like Amado Carrillo Fuentes, [known as] El Señor de Los Cielos. But Pablo never met with Chapo.
He has been serving a life sentence at Colorado's Supermax, the most secure federal prison, and was also ordered to forfeit $12.7 billion.
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