How El Chapo Ended Up In A Brooklyn Courtroom

NYT ^ | 11/19/18 | Michael Barbaro

[OddLane]

Nearly two years after being extradited from Mexico, Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the drug lord known as El Chapo, is finally facing trial in a United States court. Here’s why it took so long to get to this moment.

[allendale]

There were better solutions than a trial in the US.

[OddLane]

Especially in this city.

[jalisco555]

The Netflix show El Chapo tells this story very well. It’s a brutally honest look at the corrupt nature of Mexican government and politics.

[onedoug]

Should be in a military court.

[OddLane]

In the podcast, they go over the fact that after El Chapo was captured the first time-in Guatemala-he was sprung from a Mexican prison by actual police officers entrusted with guarding him.

[SpaceBar]

It was a decision made by the Obama administration to put American civilians in danger. This piece of human waste should have been flown to a coral atoll to face a military tribunal since his crimes are a national security concern.

[OddLane]

Gridlock on the Brooklyn Bridge?

[A strike]

Pretty sure El Chapo gave his victims a fair trial before their not cruel and unusual executions.