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Wednesday, January 16, 2019

El Chapo Trial: Chapo is on the witness list says defense

Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat

government photo evidence--Chapo with his Gold AK-47

Federal prosecutors informed Judge Cogan, the judge presiding over the El Chapo trial, that they have yet to receive the list of defense witness list.

That question in of itself is an indicator that the government is about ready to finish their presentation of witness testimony. 

The big surprise is when defense attorney Jefferey Lichtman replied to the issue of the defense witness list; “You have Mr. Guzman’s name?” stating that Chapo’s name is on the witness list.

He added that it was not a fait accompli but supposedly he is on the list.

Although no one should put money on that possibility---it may not be a bad idea. 

What does he have to lose?  It could be his successful Hail Mary Pass, not to walk free, that will not and should not happen, but to persuade the jury to knock off a substantial number of the counts remaining against him.  In the end it is all about the numbers in sentencing. 

If he does testify, it would not impact his ability to appeal, although he could slip and say something that would affect his appeal.  Too risky most legal minds would say. 

In this trial however, maybe it is good reasoning for him to speak on his own behalf.  He has demonstrated poise and has been even temperament throughout the trial.


As for appeals, many legal minds say he has good grounds based on a number of issues.  But as far as him actually taking the stand, looks like Lichtman is blowing smoke.

97 comments:

  1. Chapo bossed up with the gold ak 47...10

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    1. What for hes a bitch never shot it up when they caught him. Better dead than snitching the entire cartel. Peña Nieto is gonna finish the family for rating him out.

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    2. 7:25 relax internet tough guy you wouldn’t last a second

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    3. Several shoot out he has been in the mountains of Sinaloa with military and contras saludos amigo!

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    4. Peña is alr3ady huyendo a zuiza with his lil 90 millions
      Pobre ruko
      Ojala se cure de cancer aya en zuiza

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    5. 10:39 You dont get it if he was dead there would be no snitching on anybody even EPN. But they're talking about mayo and chapos sons for sure. Btw go back to fifth grade and learn how to use "their" properly.

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    6. Pathetic seeing people on here, thinking Chapo is their friend and defending him as though they were on his payroll. This guy that’s on trial does not care about any of you defending him. He would be 100% ok allowing his dirty thugs kill you....he’s not losing any sleep over you.

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    7. Pena nieto took care of the blo

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    8. 7:25 is that internet tough guy that would leave a puddle of piss if el chapo was standing in front of him lol and calling him a bitch?? Lol that's laughable... He ran the game longer than some of us have had hair. The only gold ak that guy ever held was the one he unlocked in Gta

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    9. Chapo would be afraid of me, I would love to face him one on one.

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  2. All that gun toting done by that snitch bitch is all dog and pony...the jig is up for them boys from out there.

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    1. 11:55 you have NOOO idea. Let's see how everything down in Mexico plays out and that will tell you all about what's going on in this trial..

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    2. Same guy as 7:25

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    3. All these comments are from Sinaloa haters hell most of them are

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    4. 10:39 Tell someone who cares (in private).

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    5. Another internet tough guy calling a cartel boss a bitch lmao. Is there a bigger jackass than the guy who says "the jig is up" ? Nice rhyme tho, you should be a rapper lol

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  3. Nice gold AK, do any of you know what type is it?? Russian, Chinese ect?

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    1. probably romanian...

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    2. It’s Russian aK

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    3. Who cares bro i personally dont look up to this crap i like being informed not cheerlead

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    4. Eastern Europe not Russian

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    5. Chinese makes good ak

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    6. Most likely Chinese, Norinco to be specific. That's what we like in Culiacan. Im sure it's not one of those wasr10's that the ATF sent over there for them.

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    7. 6:38 we care bro if you don’t don’t bring your bitterness to this thread....10

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    8. Who cares? Is an obsolete rifle. I don't get why mexican carteles don't update to the AK 74 and other modern variants chambered in 5.45mm or the new 6.5mm for the ak-12.
      7.62mm is keanm to be shot in a full power cartridge, not assault intermidiate rifles.

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    9. 1030. Lmao. That’s what we like in Culiacan. According to chapós phone calls. You like what you can get.

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    10. Oh so it wasn’t made in the USA??

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    11. 6:38 is a bigger jackass than the "jig is up" guy for using bro and cheerlead in the same sentence.

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  4. Wheres the chapo snitched guy at he was right all these years

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    1. chapo hasnt said one word lmao...mencho on otherhand hs his right hand men killed or jailed

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    2. exactly what I was thinking

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  5. LA VIDA MAFIOSA
    Sentado en una hielera
    y escuchando un corrido
    le jale a un cuerno de chivo
    rodeado por mis amigos
    por los versos recordaba
    todo lo que en vida he sido.

    Se me calento el terreno
    me buscaban por mafioso
    me achacaban varias muertes
    por la prensa publicaron
    y como si fuera poco
    hasta rifles me achacaron.

    Me pierdo por temporadas
    cuando no hay que dar la cara
    me oscurece y me a manece
    si se trata de una chamba
    yo no tengo quien me empuje
    solito me aviento al agua.

    Me gusta escuchar consejos
    pero no me manden nada
    cuando algo me sale mal
    a mi nadie me regaña
    me paseo por donde quiera
    con damas y camaradas
    - Dareyes De La Sierra

    - Sol Prendido

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    1. Con los canelos de durango ta mas perro!!

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    2. Chalo Araujo DEP

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    3. That corrido isn’t for Chapo!

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    4. Los Canelos de Durango compa.

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    5. Ese corrido era del chalo araujo.

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    6. Sentado en una hielera, SOPLANDO DE MIS AMIGOS......... ( La hielera es la banca de concreto....) HABLANDO DE LO QUE EN VIDA HE SIDO..... PLATICANDO CON LA D.E.A.... Y SIGUENDO SUS CONSEJOS....🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Los beltranes son hombres de respeto..... se mueren en la ralla, y no andan soplando...... SALUDOS PARA PAL MOCHOMO..........

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    7. *Canelos de Durango

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    8. Actually canelos de Durango brought it up. El cantante del grupo canelos era compadre del chapo

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    9. Ese corrido es para chalo araujo

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    10. No get it right Sol it's Los Canelos de Durango compa 👍

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    11. Quit posting nonsense.....10

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    12. Explosion Norteña version rapida sounds really good.

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    13. Dareyes de la sierra lol, stick to your tropical music sol.

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    14. Lost all respect for Sol Perdido after Dareyes lmao

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    15. Pepe no era compadre del chapo es compadre de chuy pero asi se decian ellos

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  6. At this point what does it matter . In the guilty innocent phase it is usually a bad move for a defendant to testify . All he can do now is deny or justify . I suspect justify . Either way he is done for this lifetime . I think its time to do a story on El Mayo . Bet Sean Penn could put it together . Yea that's right . He has Benicio Del Toro recruited to play El Mayo

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    1. Oh rly hes done? Was OJ done too? Theres twelve people on that jury it only takes one to say they think he should walk.

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  8. Haha if you ask me that ak looks like wood!

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  9. How do I know his gybs are for show? Its gold plated. All that shiny metal might as well wear a neon sign "shoot here" if it was used in combat. Also, once that gun heats up the golds not going to last..

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    1. Exactamente 6:53 on front barrel heat cambiar. And gold plating also begins to shake loose after maybe 5 balas firing de automático.

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    2. 6:23 . It is for show . Like a big gawdy diamond in a Dallas cowboys ear . The AK is part of their "culture these days . A gold plated one is surely only for show . Like a way hanger . A true fighter with experience wants no shine on his tools

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    3. Golds not going to withstand the heat? Umm u might want to rethink that statement buddy lol

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  10. So many sicarios protecting Chapo..i thought he was just a luetenant? lmao what a farce that claim was. Its very obvious from the testimony Chapo was the #1 guy in Sinaloa Mafia not Mayo.

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    1. The real players keep a low profile.

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    2. Verdad 8:35, es muy verdad
      -^^-

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    3. The real “players” are the Mexican Government.

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    4. El mayo is the boss. Chapo might of been his equal but mayo is top tier for sure

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    5. More like 50/50 partners. When he escaped the first time, remember Mayo blessed him with half a kilo for every kilo he received.

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    6. No sabes nada, theres ppl in Culiacan not near chapos rank with many gunmen protecting them.

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    7. @4:18...where did you read that curious as to the per kilo given half a kilo

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  11. Just the Defense’s way of fucking with the Prosecution. Make them prepare like crazy for a witness that’ll never take the stand.

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  12. Is that commandante juan next to him talking to him

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    1. Nope, juanito was a hitman. The gentleman next to Chapo looks like a chaka

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  13. I can’t wait to see what he will say, who will go against, etc... 🙌🏻 It’ll be a moment of glory for sure. How many witnesses are left? What happened to that lady Lucero?

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  14. I’ve always wonder who the man with the sombrero is, I believe he died already of natural causes.
    Anyone know? I know that’s not Don Juan aka comandante Juanito

    M”

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    1. I’ve always wondered lol relax they just released the picture....10

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    2. He got shot and died a few months later, one of chapos best friends

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    3. What was his name

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    4. Its a younger commandante juan

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  15. Chapo is going to say, I am a pheasant I farm 🍅 tomatoes and 🌽 corn. I am no kingpin...me did do nuffin. Yo no ese nada.

    Mexico Observer

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  16. Anybody seen any pics of El Borrego?From the Corrido de Los Tucanes?

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    1. El Borrego is dead and he wasn’t that old

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  17. El Senor has not said a word to law enforcement and may take the stand and list off all the corrupt politicos on both sides of the border as a final middle finger send off to the establishment.

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  18. Chapo on stand (smiles benignly): Your honor, this is all a big mistake. These tons of cocaine were not MY drugs, they were my friend El Mayo's drugs.

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  19. All that money and there they are looking like an everyday paisa, maybe it's just me but who would guess that these dudes are rich af when they look like they about to wait for work at home depot? Lol guess that's what the wooden ak is for lmao

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  20. Since he is being put on the stand, they should put scarface on repeat in his cell. That way maybe he can make a bad guy speech como el Tony montana

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  21. Whos the señor with the hat ??? Looks like el de la m el de la m este muchacho..???

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  22. Who are the man surrounding el chapo?

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  23. Does anyone know who that is talking to him...a cartel figure or just a elder from the sierra

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  24. I hope Chapo do get on the stand to tell his side of the story. It will help him more than it hurting him. I feel like if he didn't get on the stand the jury will question why he didn't. He is not the monster that the prosecution has painted him out to be. Yes he brought drugs into America but us americans have a drug problem. I just think it would be in his best interest

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  25. Who remembers when everyone use to say chapo was protected by 300 men,not!!! 50 is alot,anf i doubt 20

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  26. If he does take the stand, I don't think his "I'm just a farmer" arguement will do him much good anymore. Lol perhaps he should use something out of the SJW playbook. He's being oppressed/ discriminated against because of race, gender,inequality, vertically challenged..etc. surely that would gain sympathy with younger liberal/progressive jurors. New York loves their activism bs.
    Mn

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  27. Chapo will die in America. The CIA has him now.

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  28. Mexican president AMLO linked to new corruption allegation in El Chapo trial https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/59vn7z/mexican-president-amlo-linked-to-new-corruption-allegation-in-el-chapo-trial
    Court filing: "Court filing: "El Chapo trial: Government to preclude cross-examination about Mexican corruption" https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5686593-El-Chapo-trial-Government-to-preclude-cross.html

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  29. Nobody did it like El Senor.Gold Ak on his lap...what a G.

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  30. Both men always ready with there finger on the trigger as they speak. Crazy

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    1. Never know if either one is going to trip lol

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  31. Que viva el Tío! Y Aruba Sinaloa!

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  32. How sad😭 We straight up bullied and clowned on "Chapo snitched" and he/she hit the nail on the head this whole time🤣 The ironyyyyy

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    1. How is he snitching ? Taking the stand on his behalf?

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  33. Allthat snitching is bad for businesses but yet Sinaloa fan girls think its all planned out lol tanto show para terminar como nenas , ridiculous

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