Convicting Chapo: Naked and Afraid - the Trial to Convict El Chapo

by Martin Paredes

Overview

Convicting Chapo is the true story of the court room drama to convict "El Chapo" in an American courtroom. The book takes you through the testimony, the evidence and the courtroom drama that convicted El Chapo on February 12, 2019 after a three-month trial. The jury heard testimonies from Chapo's closes associates and his mistresses. They heard Chapo in his own voice issue kill and drug orders. The jury saw text messages between Chapo and his network and wives. The government has over 1 million of Chapo's text messages and hundreds of hours of telephone recordings, including those of his current wife conspiring to help him escape jail. Read about how El Chapo escaped naked through the sewer with his mistress in tow as the Mexican Marines closed in on him. Read about how El Chapo dropped off his mistress and met his wife and two daughters at the hotel where the Marines finally arrested him. Read about the individual proclaiming to be Chapo's family who was arrested at the courthouse and turned over to ICE. Read about Chapo's wife illegally using a telephone in the courtroom, not once, but at least twice. Read about how the defense team rested after only 30 minutes offering the jury only one witness. Read about Chapo's reaction to the guilty verdicts on all counts. It's all in Convicting Chapo.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780988411302
Publisher:	El Paso News, Inc.
Publication date:	02/25/2019
Pages:	166
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.38(d)

About the Author

Martín Paredes is a citizen of México who currently resides in the United States. Martín witnessed the evolution of the Mexican cartels in Guadalajara, Cd. Juárez and even in the U.S. over the years. In his youth, news reports and cartel activities he witnessed first-hand piqued his interest about the drug trade problem. As a result, Martín started collecting research material to better understand the problem.

Martín makes his living from the technology sector and dabbles in history and research. Martín publishes a daily commentary blog at https://epn.xyz writing about border corruption, immigration, the drug trade and other contemporary issues. Martín also publishes a weekly podcast, The Border Mic (http://bordermic.com) where he talks about border issues from his first-hand experience.

Martín is currently finishing the Last Narco, a look into the rise and fall of the major Mexican drug cartels culminating with the trial of El Chapo. The Last Narco is expected in 2019.

Follow Martín on Twitter @martinparedes

Martín Paredes can be contacted via his personal webpage at http://martinparedes.com