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>> harris: a federal judge has sentenced mexican kingpin el chapo to life behind bars plus 30 years. moments after joaquin guzman spoke out in court declaring he was now given a fair trial. he has twice escaped from mexican prisons are known controlling much of the illegal drug trade in the western hemisphere. faced a slew of charges in the united states. bryan llenas' live outside of the federal courthouse in brooklyn, new york, with more on this. >> good afternoon. joaquin el chapo guzman spoke to the court for about 10 minutes. he spoke in a defiant tone and showed zero remorse. he complain...

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Things proceed today. that's just moments ago from our team here in the cavernous capitol as speaker pelosi was walking down the hall. >> keep your phone charged and your sneakers on. we will come back to you later in the show. thank you to brendan buck for your perspective. breaking news this time from new york. al chapo has now been charged in international drug trafficking. outside federal court in brooklyn, ron, what do we know? what's the sentence? >> reporter: it was a mandatory sentence, life in prison, plus 30 years for firearms violations. but this was a mandatory sentence. the judge ...

All right. breaking news. el chapo, the drug lord, just sentenced. let's go to jason carroll outside the courthouse. >> reporter: well, as expected, the judge in this case just sentenced el chapo, joaquin guzman, to life in prison plus 30 years, to add insult to injury. he was also ordered to pay $12.6 billion back to the u.s. government. once again, this caps a very long trial, over three months. sentencing here, which is pretty much what we expected, as he was convicted on all ten federal counts, including running a continuous criminal enterprise, which in itself already carries a mandatory ...

Appeal when they lose. 99% of the people have no merit in this appeal. this particular issue does have merit. he has a good shot from the second circuit. >> so this is interesting because that's what i was going to ask you. in this case this is characterized as the end of the road. is it the end of the road? >> reporter: uh, well, so far yes. he will be transported -- well, the lawyers asked for 60 days before he was sent to most likely the super max facility in florence, colorado. but, yes, we are seeing the end of the chapter right now in this courthouse he was sentenced to life in prison pl...