Crime & Justice

El Chapo Judge to Jurors: Ignore Claim Mexico’s Presidents Were Bribed

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Prosecutors successfully argued for the defense’s bombshell opening statement to be struck after the drug kingpin’s lawyer said he was set up by a conniving cartel leader.

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