While expressing no remorse, Mexican drug kingpin and escape artist Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was sentenced Wednesday to life behind bars in a U.S. prison. “My case was stained and you denied me a fair trial when the whole world was watching,” Guzman said through an interpreter. The guilty verdict on drug-trafficking charges in February triggered a mandatory sentence of life without parole. Mexican security analyst Alejandro Hope said Guzman’s fate will have “no impact” on trafficking. In the wake of Guzman’s arrest and extradition, Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada is believed to have long-ago consolidated control of the Sinaloa cartel.

Source: Fox News July 17, 2019 21:00 UTC