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El Chapo Trial: Former Mexican President Peña Nieto Took $100 Million Bribe, Witness Says
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Jan 15, 2019 05:34pm |
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| Category | Scandal |
| Author | Alan Feuer |
| News Date | Tuesday, January 15, 2019 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto took a $100 million bribe from Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the infamous crime lord known as El Chapo, according to a witness at Mr. Guzman’s trial.
The stunning testimony was delivered Tuesday in a New York courtroom by Alex Cifuentes Villa, a Colombian drug lord who worked closely with Mr. Guzmán from 2007 to 2013, when the kingpin was hiding from the law at a series of remote ranches in the Sierra Madre mountains.
“Mr. Guzmán paid a bribe of $100 million to President Peña Nieto?” Jeffrey Lichtman, one of Mr. Guzmán’s lawyers, asked Mr. Cifuentes during cross-examination.
“Yes,” Mr. Cifuentes said.
Mr. Guzmán may offer more details soon. Shortly after the jury was excused around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Mr. Lichtman submitted his client’s name to the prosecution as a possible witness for the defense, confirming that the drug trafficker may testify in his own trial. |
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