Discussion: Mexican Drug Lord 'El Chapo' Convicted Of Drug-Trafficking Charges In US Trial

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Muy pronto, El Cheeto. Muy pronto.

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The defense case lasted just half an hour. Guzman’s lawyers did not deny his crimes as much as argue he was a fall guy for government witnesses who were more evil than he was.

The defense equivalent of, “Whelp. I got nothin.”

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Tunnels, you say? Hmmmm? And where were these tunnels? Hmmmmm…

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Let’s ask Sean Penn.

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So we won the war on drugs. Hooray! Will it be announced aboard an air craft carrier steaming into port. Will President “Bloated Face Sniffles A lot” need to do a bump before be declares victory.

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A half-hour defense is “left it all on the battlefield.”?
Was this a court-appointed defender?

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Shocking.

I’m sure the jurors knew what their verdict would be long before they went out, but went over each count of the indictment to be sure.

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When are prosecutors going to obtain convictions against the billion dollar American drug cartel known as the Sackler family AKA the OxyContin Clan DBA Purdue Pharma?

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Hey, El Chapo, welcome to the ADX Florence in Florence, Colorado (where the 1993 Trade Center mastermind is held.)

Go ahead and break out through a tunnel naked, especially in February. We won’t mind.

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El Cheeto- "I can run naked down a tunnel faster than anyone. Even with my espuelas. "

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Mexican Drug Lord ‘El Chapo’ Convicted On All Drug-Trafficking Charges

Stock of digging equipment companies goes through the roof!

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“Drug-trafficking and conspiracy” convictions. Yeah, sure. But absolutely NO COLLUSION! See?

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When their donations stop.

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Legalize pot and cocaine and the El Chapos of the world will out of work in a week. Oh, and a hundred thousand more people won’t be murdered in the drug war between cartels. Just an idea.