He is accused of having a hand in dozens of murders, of using his drug cartel to smuggle more than 200 tons of cocaine into the United States, even pulling off running the massive operation from behind bars. A look at those concerns for a trial that is starting Monday with jury selection. They agreed to cooperate and record phone conversations with Guzman about the size of shipments smuggled on boats and airplanes. ___FORTIFYING THE COURTHOUSEAt pretrial hearings leading to the trial, heavily armed federal officers and bomb-sniffing dogs patrolled outside. Jurors also will be escorted to and from the courthouse by federal officers and sequestered from the public while inside.

Source: Fox News November 04, 2018 14:37 UTC