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U.S. NEWSSaturday 6 May 2017
Mexican drug lord El Chapo will be tried in US in April 2018
In this Jan. 19, 2017 photo provided by U.S. law enforcement, authorities escort Joaquin “El Cha- trafficking organization re- from the shower in his cell.
po” Guzman, center, from a plane to a waiting caravan of SUVs at Long Island MacArthur Air- sponsible for murders and The U.S. government has
port, in Ronkonkoma, New York. A US judge on Friday set an April 2018 trial date for Guzman on kidnappings. said severe restrictions are
charges he oversaw a multibillion-dollar international drug trafficking organization responsible for U.S. District Judge Brian Co- necessary for Guzman in
murders and kidnappings. gan first suggested during part because he used cod-
a pretrial hearing in Brook- ed messages, bribes and
(U.S. law enforcement via AP) lyn that a trial could occur other means to arrange es-
earlier next year, but he capes and continue direct-
By LARRY NEUMEISTER judge on Friday set an April po” Guzman on charges settled on April 16 after ac- ing his drug empire from
knowledging the difficulty behind bars.
Associated Press 2018 trial date for Mexican he oversaw a multibillion- defense lawyers are having Guzman was brought to
communicating with Guz- the U.S. in January. He has
NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. drug lord Joaquin “El Cha- dollar international drug man in a federal lockup pleaded not guilty.
in Manhattan where he is As Guzman, 59, entered a
subjected to solitary con- packed courtroom Friday,
finement. he nodded toward his wife,
Defense lawyers com- a former beauty queen
plained they are separated who smiled and waved to
by glass or a screen from him from her seat among
Guzman during meetings, spectators.
hindering communications.
The judge said the matter Throughout an hourlong
will be investigated. hearing, the couple met
In a written ruling a day ear- eyes repeatedly as his wife
lier, Cogan let the govern- leaned forward from a
ment keep most restrictions wooden bench.
in place for a defendant The short, stocky Guzman
famous for twice escap- listened to a Spanish trans-
ing from prison in Mexico, lation of the proceeding
including once through a through a headphone
milelong tunnel stretching dangling from one ear.q
Texas police officer faces murder charge in teen’s death
By CLAUDIA LAUER DALLAS (AP) — A white Tex- shooting of a black teen- arrest warrant issued Friday. former Balch Springs officer
WILL WEISSERT as police officer has been ager for which the officer The Dallas County Sheriff’s Roy Oliver in the April 29
Associated Press charged with murder in the was fired, according to an Office issued the warrant for shooting death of 15-year-
old Jordan Edwards, ac-
cording to a sheriff’s office
statement. The statement
cited evidence that sug-
gested Oliver “intended to
cause serious bodily injury
and commit an act clearly
dangerous to human life
that caused the death.”
Oliver fired a rifle at a car
of teenagers leaving a
party, striking and killing
Edwards. The shooting led
to protests calling for Oliver
to be charged. About 200
people attended a vigil
Thursday night in the Dallas
suburb.
The warrant states that
any peace officer may ar-
rest Oliver, and that Oliver
could also turn himself in
to authorities. Meanwhile,
sheriff’s spokeswoman Me-
linda Urbina said, the inves-
tigation into the shooting
continues.
Oliver’s attorney, Cindy
Stormer, didn’t immediate-
ly return messages seeking
comment. The attorney for
the teen’s family, Lee Mer-
ritt, said he would issue a
statement later Friday.q
