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
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
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
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
On September 3, 2009, a man living in Horizon City returned home to find three armed men in their home. The family was duct-taped. The wife and the children were left in the home and Sergio, the father, was forcefully taken to Juárez. About a week later, the family heard that Sergio had been found… Read More The Silent Voices of Juárez
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
For that last 13 weeks, an anonymous jury in a Brooklyn courtroom has been hearing testimony about Joaquin Archivaldo Guzmán Loera also known as “El Chapo”. El Chapo is on trial as one of, if not, the largest drug kingpin peddling drugs to American consumers. The chaos of the government shutdown, Donald Trump and Venezuela’s… Read More The Jury Is About To Render A Verdict on El Chapo