Judge rejects Mexican drug lord El Chapo's bid for new trial.
A New York judge has rejected a request for a new trial by the Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo.
U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan said in a written ruling Wednesday that a"mountain range of evidence" introduced against Joaquin Guzman overcame his claims that the jury was tainted. Cogan said any rational average juror would have convicted El Chapo based on overwhelming evidence at a trial that ended in February.
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