The Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was sentenced to life in prison on July 17.
U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan imposed the mandatory sentence of life plus 30 years three months after the 62-year-old was found guilty by a jury of trafficking tons of cocaine, heroin, and marijuana and engaging in multiple murder conspiracies as a top leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, long known as one of Mexico’s largest and most violent drug trafficking organizations.
