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    Betrayal, torture and a $100m bribe: what the El Chapo trial has revealed

    As proceedings wind down, it is clear the exposure of corruption throughout the Mexican state will be the trial’s principal legacy
    by Ed Vulliamy Feb 02, 2019 4 minutes
    Defense attorney Jeffrey Lichtman gives closing arguments during the trial of Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán in this courtroom sketch in Brooklyn federal court in New York. Photograph: Jane Rosenberg/Reuters

    Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, accused of being the world’s biggest drug trafficker, could be found guilty as soon as next week by a jury in New York, and begin his sentence in a jail cell from which – this time – there will be no escape.

    Lead prosecutor Andrea Goldbarg said in closing statements on Wednesday that the United States had presented “a mountain of evidence” against Guzmán. In his retort, defence attorney Jeffrey Lichtman pointed out “a 600lb gorilla in the room: reasonable doubt” – the bar below which a guilty verdict falls.

    Goldbarg, who has worked on the prosecution

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