by Sarah Cowgill | Jul 17, 2019 | Articles, Crime & Punishment, Politics
The notorious Sinaloa Cartel drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera has received his sentence: life in a supermax prison for conviction of a myriad of drug trafficking offences. And adding insult to injury, the judge tacked on 30 years for unlawful use of...
by Sarah Cowgill | Mar 29, 2019 | Articles, Crime & Punishment, International, Law, Politics
Just when you believe the Bogeyman has been banished from under the bed, attorneys for Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán want to investigate the conduct of half the jury pool that convicted their client in February on a slew of heinous crimes. In a legal brief...
by Sarah Cowgill | Feb 15, 2019 | Columns, Opinion, Politics
As the hard-working people in the Midwest stop talking about Mother Nature’s mood swings and her pet rodent’s prediction for spring, their focus returns to shenanigans in the nation’s capital. There is a plethora of fodder for debate, with the reluctant...
by Leesa K. Donner | Feb 14, 2019 | Articles, Crime & Punishment, Economic Affairs News, Illegal Immigration, Law, Politics
The U.S. government just won the El Chapo lottery. Joaquin Guzmán Loera, the Mexican drug kingpin also known as El Chapo has been convicted on ten counts of drug running and will be sentenced to life in prison. This means the man’s ill-gotten gains – a paltry $14...
by Leesa K. Donner | Nov 14, 2018 | Articles, Politics
Not since the 1930s and the days of Al Capone has such notoriety been afforded a bad guy, but this esteemed honor has been awarded to Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera aka “El Chapo.” Born on Christmas 1954 or April 7, 1957 (no one’s quite sure), the 5-foot-6 Mexican...
