Most of my life I have heard how great the American legal system is. It is a fair system. It is the best system in the world. The rule of law rules. Those are the common comments I am told when discussing Mexico’s rising violence and narco influence. Each time I just shake my head.… Read More Impeachment Proves What A Joke American Legal System Is
Those that watch Fox News know that the station has been touting a new digital channel that is supposed to be a more intimate connection to Fox personalities and news. One of the news personalities launching a Fox Nation program is Lara Logan, formerly of 60 Minutes. In a profile on The Hill yesterday, by… Read More Lara Logan and Fake News
As expected, notorious drug dealer El Chapo aka Joaquín Guzmán was sentenced to life in prison yesterday. El Chapo was found guilty in February for various crimes. It is not a surprise to anyone, including El Chapo that he will spend the rest of his life in jail. The judge ordered El Chapo to prison… Read More Chapo Sentenced to Life
Want to understand why nothing ever happens in Congress? Look no further than the idea that Congress can fund the wall with Chapo’s money or that student loans can magically be erased. It is not the ideas that are the problem. It is that politicos who make promises they know they can’t keep. The perfect… Read More The Stupidity of Congress
El Chapo Guzmán was found guilty of violating several federal charges related to drug trafficking on February 12. I followed the trial closely and on February 25, 2019 I published my book “Convicting Chapo: Naked and Afraid – the Trial to Convict El Chapo” on Amazon and a few days later on Barnes & Noble.… Read More El Chapo To Be Sentenced Today
Ever since the immigration deal with México to avert the punitive tariffs Trump had threatened was announced, Donald Trump has been defending the “deal” as a “win” for him. On Tuesday, Donald Trump held up a folded piece of paper arguing that it contained the “secret” deal with México that he said México would disclose… Read More El Chapo and the Secret Immigration Deal
Malinchista is a term used by Mexicans against other Mexicans that denigrate México for personal gain. There is a difference between criticizing social norms – such as corruption – national policy and even the government and just denigrating it for personal gain. Kate del Castillo, a Mexican born, dual-national – U.S. and Mexican citizen –… Read More The Complicity and Duplicity of Kate del Castillo
So how come America can keep El Chapo locked up and why not México? After all, El Chapo escaped Mexican prisons twice, and America seems to be able to keep him locked up. It comes down to the simple truth that American criminal and jail standards, for all its talk about fairness and presumption of… Read More Human Rights, El Chapo and Escape
I could not put my life on hold for three months to attend the Chapo trial. I also could not afford to spend three months in New York covering the trial. It was too cost prohibitive. When I first started keeping an eye on the Chapo trial, in anticipation of finishing the actual book I… Read More Why Twitter Made My Book Possible
The single most important thing that bothers me about the Chapo trial is the apparent double standard in American jurisprudence and its prosecution of the drug war. Americans tend to blame México for much of the reason why Americans consume drugs while conveniently forgetting the part Americans play in the whole affair. The Chapo trial… Read More Why Is Chapo’s Wife Not in Jail
Now that my book; “Convicting Chapo, Naked and Afraid – the Trial to Convict El Chapo” (Buy Here) is on sale I would like to share a few things that bothered me about the Chapo trial. There is an American notion that criminal trials are the fairest in the world. The notion also believes that… Read More Things That Bothered Me About the Chapo Trial
On February 20, Vice News published an explosive account about one of Chapo’s jurors alleging serious misconduct by the jury that convicted El Chapo. The article by Keegan Hamilton, one of the Twitter sources to my book; “Convicting Chapo, Naked and Afraid – the Trial to Convict El Chapo” (link) interviewed one of the anonymous… Read More Chapo Juror Misconduct Alleged
Finally, my book Convicting Chapo is on Amazon for sale. Here are a few excerpts from the book to hopefully entice you to buy one: According to Chupeta, the 40% was more than the normal 37% he paid the smugglers, but that El Chapo had made a convincing argument; “I’m a lot faster, try me… Read More Convicting Chapo Is On Amazon
Unless you are living in black hole, then you likely know that on Tuesday, Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera will be spending the rest of his life in a seven-foot by twelve-foot concrete and steel cell. Some of you may want to point out that Chapo does not officially get sentenced until June. However, some of… Read More El Chapo To Spend the Rest of His Life in An American Prison
Chapo paid former Mexican president, Enrique Peña Nieto, a $100 million bribe blared yesterday’s headlines across major news media outlets. According to the reports, testimony in the Chapo trial elicited this damning evidence. But not all is what it looks like. The Chapo trial has been ongoing for weeks now. It has been lost in… Read More Chapo Paid Mexican President
Many readers do not realize that the Chapo Guzman trial is ongoing in New York. The trial has now had 23 days of testimony. This is because the government shutdown and the “border security” noise has overwhelmed the news cycles. El Paso has always played a crucial role for the success of the narcos. The… Read More Chapo and El Paso
For the last two days of the year (posting days), I’d like to offer you some quick updates on two topics that consumed my blog in 2017. The first one, Joaquín Guzmán, better known as Chapo Guzmán, didn’t take up too much of my blogging time, although I expected him to. Therefore, today, I’d like… Read More End of the Year Updates: Chapo Guzman
On January 19, 2017, about 14 hours before Donald Trump was sworn into office, the Mexican government abruptly extradited Chapo Guzmán to the United States. Trump’s inauguration has consumed the news cycles and the Chapo extradition was lost in the background noise, although some commentators have issued comments as to why the extradition took place.… Read More The Extradition of Chapo Guzman
I was stressed out after sitting in the car for over two hours waiting to cross into the US. It was about the middle of December of 1983 and like always, I was apprehensive about the type of immigration official I would encounter this time around. Of course, the two hours of breathing automobile smog… Read More The Mexican Bogeyman
Looking at the latest public relations media blitz I am beginning to believe that Joaquín “Chapo” Guzmán has resigned himself to spending the rest of his life in prison. Whether it is a US or a Mexican jail is immaterial to him as long as the conditions are better than what he is currently under.… Read More My Thoughts On Chapo’s End Game
On Friday, March 4, 2016, The Guardian published an exclusive interview with Rosa Isela Guzmán Ortiz, Chapo Guzmán’s oldest daughter. Through The Guardian, the daughter levels many allegations against Mexican officials. This is par for the course when it comes to narco-politics. Because Mexican government involvement in narcotics, of which I am sure some exists,… Read More A Clear Example of US Corruption in the Drug Trade
In the last few weeks, Chapo Guzmán has launched a public relations blitz in an attempt to gain sympathy for his incarceration. As I speculated in “Chapo Guzman Willing to be Extradited to the US” it appears that the Mexican government wants to rid itself of Chapo as quickly as possible. In response, Chapo Guzmán… Read More Chapo Guzman Public Relations Team