Cheers and jeers in the home state of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman following the drug lord's life sentence in the United States. On Wednesday, a federal judge in the US ruled the Mexican drug lord who twice escaped maximum-security prisons in that country will spend the rest of his life in a US penitentiary. Guzman, 62, berated the US justice system, and a former associate described how he had paid a gang $1 million to try to kill her before US District Judge Brian Cogan imposed the mandatory sentence of life plus 30 years.

Cheers and jeers in El Chapo's home state after life sentence

El Chapo's winding road from mountain village to drug lord to US prison

After a run as one of the world's most powerful and notorious criminals, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was sentenced to life in prison by a US judge on Wednesday. Guzman, the 62-year-old former leader of the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel, was convicted in February of crimes spanning a quarter of a century, including trafficking hundreds of tons of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamines and marijuana to the United States.

Drug lord 'El Chapo' given life sentence by US judge

The trial of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman provided a rare and terrifying look into the workings of one of the world's largest cartels. Over the space of nearly three months, a New York jury heard 56 government witnesses deliver dramatic evidence against Guzman who was sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday.

El Chapo's trial gives Rare glimpse inside the drug world

Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was captured in 2016, for a third time, leading to his conviction by a US court over trafficking hundreds of tons of drugs.

'El Chapo': Dramatic escapes and arrests

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is Mexico's most notorious kingpin who shipped tonnes of drugs around the world, escaped two maximum-security jails and became one of the world's most-wanted fugitives.

The rise and fall of 'El Chapo', Mexico's most wanted kingpin

Joaquin Guzman, the convicted Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo, has escaped twice from maximum-security prisons in Mexico, once by digging a mile-long tunnel from his cell.

After two escapes, 'El Chapo' may go to Supermax prison to avoid a third

Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who rose from humble origins in a mountain village to lead the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the world's most powerful drug trafficking gangs, is expected to be sentenced to life in a US prison on Wednesday.

Factbox: El Chapo's winding road from mountain village to drug lord to US prison

Drug lord Joaquín Guzmán is convicted for drug trafficking. United States also seeks $12.7 billion from 'El Chapo'. Watch this video to know more.

Joaquín Guzmán convicted for drug trafficking

The wife of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is to launch a new line in clothing bearing the name of the jailed Mexican mob boss, convicted earlier this year of smuggling huge amounts of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine into the United States.

El Chapo's wife to launch clothing brand using drug lord's name

Convicted Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman intends to seek a new trial after one of the jurors who convicted him told Vice News that jurors read media about the case despite the judge's instructions not to, a lawyer for Guzman said in a court filing on Friday.

'El Chapo' to seek new trial after juror admits breaking rules

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday he had ordered Mexican authorities to help two sisters of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman visit the drug lord in the United States following his conviction for narcotics trafficking.

Mexican president to help 'El Chapo's' sisters visit him in US

The week that was, in pictures

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador visited the birthplace of the country's most infamous drug trafficker, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, on Friday, calling for peace and reconciliation days after a US jury convicted the kingpin.

Mexican president visits 'El Chapo's' home turf seeking reconciliation

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, Mexico's most notorious kingpin, shipped tonnes of drugs around the world, escaped two maximum-security prisons and became one of the world's most-wanted fugitives.

The rise and fall of 'El Chapo,' Mexico's most wanted gangster

The world's most infamous cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who rose from poverty in rural Mexico to amass billions of dollars, was found guilty in a US court on Tuesday of smuggling tons of drugs to the United States over a violent, colourful, decades-long career.

Drug lord, escape artist 'El Chapo' convicted by US jury

Gravitas: A look back at the life of drug boss 'El Chapo' Guzman

People in the hometown of infamous cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman were sceptical much would change after he was found guilty in a US court on Tuesday of smuggling tons of drugs to the United States over a violent, colourful, decades-long career.

El Chapo's hometown sceptical much will change after verdict

News of the conviction of Mexico's legendary crime boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman travelled quickly on Tuesday to his rugged home state, where people said they felt pain for a man some described as a fallen folk hero and community benefactor.

'This hurts': On El Chapo's home turf, some lament Mexican drug lord's conviction

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the Mexican found guilty in a US court on Tuesday of running a criminal enterprise that smuggled drugs into the United States, is likely headed to a "supermax" prison where repeating his past escapes would be nearly impossible.

'El Chapo' likely heading for Colorado prison from where no one has escaped

Jurors in the US trial of accused Mexican drug cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman ended their second day of deliberations on Tuesday without reaching a verdict.

'El Chapo' US drug trial jury ends second day without verdict

A witness in the trial of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman told the US government the Mexican drug kingpin drugged and raped girls as young as 13, according to court documents unsealed Saturday.

El Chapo drugged and raped teenage girls, witness claims

A former hitman for Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has offered gruesome testimony in a US court about acts of torture and killings of rivals allegedly committed by the ex-Sinaloa boss.

At El Chapo trial, ex-hitman tells of kingpin's gruesome tactics

Accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman once paid a $100 million bribe to former Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, an ex-Guzman associate testified on Tuesday that he previously told US authorities.

'El Chapo' paid ex-Mexican president $100 million bribe, says trial witness

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