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A U.S. court has rejected an appeal by former Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to review a 2019 ruling that sentenced him to life in prison. Guzman, who for years led the powerful Sinaloa cartel that is blamed for thousands of deaths in Mexico, had filed habeas corpus petitions - civil suits used to assess whether an imprisonment is lawful - and asked for legal representation in this appeal. "This was perhaps the most notorious criminal prosecution of the decade, and ...

Joaquin El Chapo Guzman, 66, was sentenced in 2019 to life in prison for drug trafficking, in what the judge said was perhaps the most notorious criminal prosecution of the decade.

A U.S. court has rejected an appeal by former Mexican drug lord Joaquin El Chapo Guzman to review a 2019 ruling that sentenced him to life in prison. ... -December 27, 2023 at 04:49 pm EST - MarketScreener

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - The flurry of lawsuits that followed an FDA advisory declaring phenylephrine ineffective for treating congestion have been grouped together for a multidistrict litigation proceeding.

Lawyers for the former Mexican official, imprisoned in the U.S. for drug trafficking and organized crime, say they have new evidence that exonerates their client

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former top Mexican law enforcement official convicted earlier this year on US charges that he took millions of ...

A former top Mexican law enforcement official convicted earlier this year on US charges that he took millions of dollars in bribes from drug traffickers is seeking a new trial, arguing he has come across evidence key witnesses lied on the stand. Lawyers for Genaro Garcia Luna, who as public security minister from 2006-2012 led the country's fight against drug cartels, said in a court filing on Friday that they had also found evidence that prosecutors' cooperating witnesses had imprope...

A former top Mexican law enforcement official convicted earlier this year on US charges that he took millions of dollars in bribes from drug traffickers is seeking a new trial, arguing he has come... -December 15, 2023 at 12:21 pm EST - MarketScreener

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former top Mexican law enforcement official convicted earlier this year on US charges that he took millions of dollars in bribes from drug traffickers is seeking a new trial, arguing he has come across evidence key witnesses lied on the stand.

NEW YORK — One of the men accused in the 2002 murder of hip-hop star Jam Master Jay has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges — taking a plea that means a minimum 15-year prison sentence. Jay Bryant, 50, still faces a looming murder trial in the Run-DMC founder’s 2002 slaying, but on Friday he pleaded guilty to all four counts in a separate drug trafficking and gun possession case in ...