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"He still has capability and resources while his kids run his business for him," Derek Maltz, former Special Operations head of the Drug Enforcement Agency, told Newsweek.

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has escaped imprisonment twice, but a third "escape" during his Brooklyn trial was nothing more than a joke.

Vicente Zambada Niebla gave more than five hours of testimony about the operations of the Sinaloa Cartel, for which he had been groomed as a future leader.

A recorded call played aloud in Brooklyn federal courtroom features a purported FARC rebel and Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera. And Guzmán pushing the price down: "Listen, I'm going to buy 2 and leave Simon's [a nickname for Cifuentes] property to pay for the rest."

Clint Eastwood may play a character named Earl Stone in "The Mule," but it's inspired by Leo Sharp.

The Brooklyn, New York, courthouse, where Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman stands trial, will be on lockdown throughout the four-week trial of the infamous drug cartel leader.

Joaquín Guzmán Loera has been held in solitary confinement since he was extradited from Mexico to the U.S. in January 2017.

A joint investigation by the FBI and law enforcement officials in Australia and Canada determined that the phones were made explicitly for evading law enforcement.

Prosecutors have requested a partially sequestered jury in Guzmán's trial.

Dámaso López-Serrano was said to have soured his relationship with El Chapo after fighting to seize control of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel.

Known as "El Señor," he allegedly directed hundreds of millions of dollars of drugs.

The capture of El Chapo in January 2016 created a power vacuum that is being violently disputed between different cartels.

The government's fight against criminal cartels accounted for 23,000 deaths in 2016.

Filming for the series has been shrouded in secrecy, and Guzmán has launched legal appeals in Mexico against the producers.

Five dead and 10 injured in attack on military convoy that was transporting a detainee.

In the short term, capturing the world's most notorious drug lord may lead to more violence.

The lawyer says Chapo never admitted he was world's foremost drug trafficker, adding that Penn should be forced to testify.

This gave Mexican authorities their first clue he wanted to make a film of his life.

Tunnels can cost up to $2 million to build; one bust recovered marijuana worth about $6 million on the street.