Lopez quit his job before Guzman famously escaped in 2001 by hiding in a laundry bin, he said. Police standby outside the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse as inside the "El Chapo" Guzman trial takes place. Article Continued BelowLopez, 52, went on to become a fixer for the Sinaloa cartel. The jury also heard testimony Tuesday from Lucero Guadalupe Sanchez Lopez, a former state legislator who claimed her affair with Guzman ruined her political career. She testified that she was tossed out of office in 2016 following press reports that she had visited “El Senor” in prison.

Source: thestar January 22, 2019 22:52 UTC