‘El Chapo’ sentenced to life in prison, after 25 years of drug trafficking

That was Ariana Fajardo (Fah-hard-oh), U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida this morning.

Joaquin Guzman, the Mexican drug lord better known as El Chapo was sentenced to life in prison today by a federal judge in Brooklyn, New York.

Guzman spent 25 years running a cartel trafficking billions of dollars of drugs . He was eventually captured and extradited to the US after a series of prison escapes and a lengthy manhunt spanning decades.

Guest: Douglas Century

Journalist and co-author of Hunting El Chapo: The Inside Story of the American Lawman Who Captured the World's Most Wanted Drug-Lord

That was Ariana Fajardo (Fah-hard-oh), U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida this morning.

Joaquin Guzman, the Mexican drug lord better known as El Chapo was sentenced to life in prison today by a federal judge in Brooklyn, New York.

Guzman spent 25 years running a cartel trafficking billions of dollars of drugs . He was eventually captured and extradited to the US after a series of prison escapes and a lengthy manhunt spanning decades.

Guest: Douglas Century

Journalist and co-author of Hunting El Chapo: The Inside Story of the American Lawman Who Captured the World's Most Wanted Drug-Lord