World

Mexican drug lord Joaquín Guzmán gets life in prison

July 18, 2019 5:42 am

A US judge has sentenced Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán to life in prison plus 30 years.

Guzmán, 62, was found guilty of 10 charges, including drug trafficking and money laundering, by a federal court in New York in February.

He escaped a Mexican jail through a tunnel in 2015, but was later arrested. He was extradited to the US in 2017.

Article continues after advertisement

He is a former head of the Sinaloa cartel, which officials say was the biggest supplier of drugs to the US.