Today in History: Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán convicted
- Posted on February 12, 2026
- By Chicago Tribune
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Today in History: Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán convicted

On Feb. 12, 2019, Mexico’s most notorious drug lord, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, was convicted in New York of running an industrial-scale drug smuggling operation, murder and money laundering. (Guzm…