Mexican drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman guilty in US trial

US prosecutors said he had amassed a $14bn fortune through bribery, murder and drug smuggling.Guzman, one of the major figures in Mexican drug wars that have roiled the country since 2006, was extradited to the United States for trial in 2017 after he was arrested in Mexico the year before.Though other high-ranking cartel figures had been extradited previously, Guzman was the first to go to trial instead of pleading guilty.Guzan's trial included nearly three months of testimony about a vast drug-smuggling conspiracy steeped in violence. Throughout the months-long trial, the jury has heard more than 200 hours of testimony about Guzman's rise to power as the head of the Sinaloa cartel.Prosecutors said he is responsible for smuggling at least 200 tonnes of cocaine into the US and a wave of killings in turf wars with other cartels.The 11-week trial, which featured testimony from more than 50 witnesses, offered the public an unprecedented look into the inner workings of the cartel, named after the state in northwest Mexico where Guzman was born in a poor mountain village.Prosecutors said he trafficked tonnes of cocaine, heroin, cannabis and methamphetamine into the US over more than two decades, consolidating his power in Mexico through murders and wars with rival cartels.The defence has argued that Chapo was set up as a "fall guy" by Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, a drug kingpin from Sinaloa who remains at large.Mexico has been mired for 12 years in a deadly military-led war against drug gangs.