The conviction of the notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman was upheld Tuesday by a U.S. appeals court that praised the trial judge for his handling of a case that drew international attention.
They are known as Los Chapitos: the four most-trusted sons of the world's most notorious drug kingpin. And now there's a $5 million bounty on each of them.
"The decision seems like it was decided and written before the argument even occurred," one of Guzman's lawyers, Jeffrey Lichtman, said in a statement Tuesday."How can there be justice here when the jury was exposed to scurrilous claims against Mr. Guzman which were not part of the government's case?"
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