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El Chapo’s lawyers appeal against his US drug conspiracy conviction
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breakingnews.ieThe notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman wants his US conspiracy conviction thrown out. An appeal filed on Friday argues that a judge made rulings allowing a jury to hear faulty evidence at his trial.
It also cites reports that before reaching a guilty verdict, some jurors sought out news accounts about sex abuse allegations against him that were barred from the trial.
Prosecutors declined to comment on Saturday. Guzman was sentenced last year to life behind bars for a massive drug conspiracy that spread murder and mayhem for more than two decades.
Before the federal case, he had attained near-mythical status by escaping from prison twice in Mexico, the second time through a tunnel dug into the shower of his cell.
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