The world famous drug kingpin, 61-year-old Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was found guilty on all 10 counts including money laundering, drug trafficking, and weapons charges by a jury of 12 today in Brooklyn federal court, following more than 30 hours of deliberation.
The leader of the Sinaloa Cartel spent years on the lam and broke out of prison multiple times, with his most-recent prison escape in 2015, when he dug a tunnel out of his cell. After his capture and arrest, El Chapo was extradited in 2017 from Mexico to the U.S. for his trial in Brooklyn.
According to the Washington Post, the guilty convictions today almost guarantee life in prison: