The verdict in the trial of the once-powerful leader of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel will have little impact on the operations of the world's largest drug trafficking organization or the tons of narcotics it smuggles into the United States, according to experts.
Jury selection in the drug conspiracy trial of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was completed Wednesday, with the reputed kingpin awaiting a federal judge's decision on whether he can briefly embrace his former beauty queen wife before opening statements next week.
Her talent for sniffing out drugs has led to the capture of at least 245 people and the seizure of 9 tons of cocaine from the powerful Urabeños gang in Colombia.
