While expressing no remorse, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, Mexican drug leader and escape artist, was sentenced Wednesday to life imprisonment in an American prison.
A provocative man, Guzman, lashed out at a Brooklyn federal court judge, accusing him of making fun of the American justice system by refusing to order a new trial based on alleged jury misconduct.
The 62-year-old defendant also used his last chance to speak in public, complaining that he had been kept in solitary confinement since he was taken to jail. the United States to stand trial.
Experts say he is likely to end up in the federal government's prison in Florence, Colorado, where detainees are held only 23 hours a day.
The term - life plus 30 years - was largely run in advance. The guilty verdict on drug charges in February triggered a mandatory life sentence without parole.
Evidence at an 11-week trial showed that Guzman's cartel in Sinaloa was responsible for smuggling mountains of cocaine and other drugs into the United States during his 25-year reign, announced prosecutors in recent documents.
The conviction made headlines in Mexico, but it was unlikely to have any impact on drug policy, security or the drug trade in the country.
