OK Good morning, folks. Thank you for coming so
in so early this morning. My name is
Robert Capers and I'm the US attorney
for the Eastern District of New York.
With me today in this rather large
group that I have flanking me, over to my
left
Kenneth Blanco he's the Deputy Assistant
Attorney General for the Department of
Justice's Criminal Division, to my right
is Southern District of Florida US
Attorney Wifredo Ferrer, we have Art
Wyatt who is in the audience he's the
Chief of Narcotic and Dangerous Drugs
which is a section within the Department
of Justice, to my left we have Special
Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement
Administration New York office James J
Hunt. To his left
we have Angel Melendez who is the
Special Agent in Charge of Homeland
Security Investigations New York field
office, we have Charles Dunne who is the
US Marshal for the Eastern District of
New York, we have Bill Sweeney who's the
Assistant Director in Charge of the
FBI's New York office, we have
Commissioner James O'Neill New York City
Police Department, Chief of Detectives
Robert Boyce. We have Captain James
Murphy from the New York State Police.
There's Wyatt there. A number of AUSAs
and trial attorneys from the various
offices on the far left and the
far-right. For well over a decade
federal prosecutors from across the
United States together with our law
enforcement partners have tirelessly
investigated the criminal activities of
Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera also know
commonly as El Chapo Guzman, the leader of
the Sinaloa Cartel, which is based in
Mexico. The Sinaloa cartel is responsible
for distributing hundreds of thousands
of kilograms of cocaine, heroin,
methamphetamine, and marijuana throughout
the United States. And in turn the cartel
has reaped billions of dollars in profits.
And today marks a milestone in our
pursuit of El Chapo Guzman as I'm pleased
to announce the extradition of El Chapo
Guzman to the United States from Mexico. Mr.
Guzman will be arraigned later today in
the United States District Court right
here in Brooklyn on a 17-count sweeping
Indictment, with charges him with among
other things, leading a continuing
criminal enterprise or "CCE", which covers
his alleged drug trafficking activity
from late 1989 through
September 2014 and culminates with his
ruthless leadership of the Sinaloa
Cartel. The charge also contains multiple
violations that allege among other
things that Mr. Guzman used corruption
and violence to maintain control of his
organization and conspired tomorrow to
murder rivals of the Sinaloa Cartel. Now,
in addition to the CCE charges, Mr.
Guzman will be arraigned on 16
additional charges that include drug
importation and distribution, the illegal
use of firearms in relation to his drug
drug trafficking activities and money
laundering conspiracy related to the
billions of dollars in bulk cash that
his organization amassed as drug
proceeds and smuggled back across the
border from the United States to Mexico.
In fact, the indictment also contains a
notice of the government's intent to
obtain a $14-billion-dollar criminal
forfeiture order against him. Now the
indictment that I believe was circulated
this morning, which was filed here in the
Eastern District of New York in
Brooklyn, represents the combined efforts
of the United States Attorney's office
for the Eastern District of New York,
this office, the Southern District of
Florida in Miami, and the Narcotic and
Dangerous Drug Section of the Department
of Justice. The continuing criminal
enterprise charges that… that I will
describe for you by itself attributes to
Mr. Guzman cocaine shipments of over 200
tons, which were supplied by some of
Colombia's most powerful drug
trafficking organizations, and links to
Guzman over
seven and a half tons of cocaine and
heroin that were seized in the United
States including four tons that were
seized right here in this district, in
Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island. So who
is Chapo Guzman? Well as alleged in the
indictment Guzman's story is not one
of a do-gooder, or Robin Hood or even one
of the famous escape artist who
miraculously escaped from Mexican
prisons on multiple occasions. Rather the
allegations in the indictment make clear
that over the course of decades Guzman's
destructive and murderous rise as an
international narcotics trafficker is
akin to that of a small cancerous tumor
that metastasized and grew into a
full-blown scourge that for decades littered
the streets of Mexico with the
casualties of violent drug wars over
turf. And the same scourge help to
perpetrate the drug epidemic here in the
US and make such cities as Miami and New
York ground zero for that epidemic in
the 1980s and 1990s
and finally culminated in his
emergence as a partner with such notable
Colombian cartels as the Norte Valle,
Don Lucho and Cifuentes-Villa organizations,
all of whom line their pockets with cash
made on the misery of millions of
Americans who became addicted to their
poisonous drugs. Now as a reference point,
going back to the 1980s the
drug trade in New York and Miami was
controlled by Colombian cartels
including Pablo Escobar's Medellin Cartel,
the Cali cartel and the Norte Valle
Cartel. The Colombians were responsible
for producing, transporting and
distributing the drugs. The drug lords
relied on Mexican drug traffickers to
transport the cocaine shipments north,
mostly through the southwestern border
of the United States. Guzman in the late
1980s was just one of the
…one of the many Mexican drug
transporters. But he set himself apart
from the others by getting shipments to
California, Texas, and Arizona
much… much, faster than the competition. In
fact so much quicker that he earned the
name…the nickname El Rapido. As Guzmán's
reputation as a transporter grew, the
Colombians were willing to pay him higher
fees. Guzmán's wealth grew and so did his
power in Mexico. He forged alliances with
some of Mexico's most prominent drug
traffickers, including Mayo Zambada who is
a co-defendant in his indictment, and
they made grabs together for other drug
cartels' drug territory. And the result of
that were bloody turf wars that became
bloodbath in Mexico even claiming the
life of a cardinal of a Catholic Church
who was killed during a gun battle at
Guadalajara Airport in 1993. Guzman
was arrested after that cardinal's
killing and spent the next eight years
in a maximum-security prison, but that
didn't stop the cancer from growing. With
the assistance of his brother and
joining forces with the Beltran Leyva
drug organization, Guzman was able to
still expand his trafficking empire from
behind prison walls. And after he escaped
from a prison in 2001 by allegedly
hiding in a laundry cart, Guzman
built his drug trafficking empire in
earnest. Hiding out in his home state of
Sinaloa, he created an army of heavily
armed bodyguards and covertly…
communicated with his network through
sophisticated encrypted networks and
layers of go-betweens. Now around the
same time, the Colombian drug trade was
also undergoing a momentous shift. The
efforts of US law enforcement led to the
extradition to the U.S. of countless
Colombians and so the Colombians sought
to take on less risk by allowing the
Mexican traffickers to assume that risk
invest in their loads and bring those
drug shipments here to the United States.
And traffickers like Guzman quickly
established drug distribution networks
in the United States from coast-to-coast.
Guzman increased his profits at
staggering levels. The Sinaloa
footprint grew as Guzmán expanded is
the control of…
Atlantic and Pacific ports, the control
of border towns between the U.S. and
Mexico and other Central American
countries. And like an ambitious chief
executive officer, Guzmán sent Sinaloa
Cartel henchmen to Colombia, Venezuela,
and Ecuador to negotiate directly with
traffickers in the supply chain.
He also diversified his portfolio by
distributing methamphetamine which by…
which by the early 2000s, gained
great popularity here in the States.
Meanwhile, Guzmán's kept an army of
sicarios, or hit men, at the ready to,
protect his empire from rivals or
potential witnesses with extreme
violence. Guzmán himself was known to
carry a gold-plated ak-47 assault rifle
and the diamond-encrusted handgun.
Violent Wars under his watch erupted in
Mexico against rivals as the Arellano
Felix, Vicente Carrillo and later with
the Gulf Cartel and its armed faction
Los Zetas. As Guzmán's notoriety
reached incredible levels the manhunt
for him intensified in Mexico and, with
great assistance from the United States,
he was captured in 2014 in Mazatlán, and
at that time, when he was captured, he
controlled transportation and
distribution of cocaine from South
America to Canada. Now Guzmán's legend
grew with his second escape through a
tunnel dug beneath the prison in 2015. But
with great US efforts again he was
recaptured last January setting in
motion a legal process that has brought
him to answer these charges today in
Brooklyn.
So who is Chapo Guzman? In short he's a
man who has known no other than a life
of crime, violence, death, and destruction.
And now he'll have to answer to that.
That's who Chapo Guzmán is. Now as
alleged in the indictment, as the leader
of this continuing inner product is
continuing criminal enterprise, Guzmán
faces a sentence of a mandatory life in
prison, if convicted, and faces maximum
sentences of life on the remaining
drug trafficking crimes. Now today's
action is a testament to the tireless
efforts of federal prosecutors in
the Eastern District of New York, the
Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section, and the
Southern District of Florida, as well as
agents and law enforcement officers in
the Drug Enforcement Administration,
Homeland Security Investigations and FBI
offices around the country. And I want to
thank them all for their part. I also want
to acknowledge the tremendous efforts by
the prosecutors in the US Attorney's
offices in El Paso, Texas, San Diego,
California, Chicago, across the river in
Manhattan, and New Hampshire for their
excellent work and the effort they put
into developing cases against El Chapo
Guzmán. As well I also want to…
mention, with particularity, the extraordinary
work performed by the prosecutors and
law enforcement officers in assisting
the Mexican government capture of Guzmán
in 2014, as well as his recapture in
January 2016. I also want to thank the
efforts of the Drug Enforcement
Administration, Homeland Security
Investigations, the New York City Police
Department, and the New York State Police
for ensuring Guzmán's safe transport last
night from MacArthur airport to jail, and
ultimately to face his long date with
destiny, and that is justice here in the
Eastern District Of New York. I also want
to thank the United States Marshal
Service, who will ensure that Mr. Guzmán is
held securely to face those charges. I
want to thank US Attorney Wilfredo Ferrer,
along with Art Wyatt, who is to the left,
The Chief of Narcotic and Dangerous Drugs for
their partnership, steadfast support and
devotion of resources to this
investigation and prosecution. And I also
want to thank DAG Blanco for his
guidance and his unwavering support through
years and years of this investigation
and prosecution that culminated today.
Finally I'd like to thank the Mexican
authorities for their assistance in
securing Mr. Guzman's presence in the
United States for prosecution. At this
time I'll turn it over to Southern
District US Attorney Ferrer for more
details.
[Wilfredo Ferrer] Thank US Attorney Capers.
Good morning everyone my name is
Wilfredo Ferrer and I'm the US Attorney
for the Southern District of Florida, in
Miami, a district any community that, just
like Brooklyn, and many other communities
around the world and in the United
States, have seen firsthand the
devastating effects of a drug
organization, led like we've seen today
by Guzmán. And today's announcement I
think demonstrates exactly what US
Attorney Capers said. It shows the resolve
of the United States government to make
sure and charge these international drug
trafficking organizations that destroy
our communities. And I think the today's
announcement also shows the strength
that we have when we partner up like we
have done in Miami and Brooklyn with the
trial attorneys at the Department of
Justice, and with the Mexican government
and all the investigative agencies. Now US
Attorney Capers gave you a wonderful
summary of and a very important detailed
account of what we are jointly
announcing in these charges today. I want
to focus my remarks today on the
geographic reach of the Sinaloa Cartel.
Under Guzman's leadership the footprint
of the Sinaloa Cartel expanded
Exponentially under the leadership of
Guzman. Because they assumed the risk of
both transporting narcotics shipments
over the Mexican-American border and
they also were in charge of distributing
these narcotics throughout the United
States. Now first in order to ensure that
his narcotics reach the destination
Safely, Guzman and the Sinaloa cartel took
control of countless ports in southern
Mexico. Then to ensure that the
transportation went smoothly Guzman then
expanded his presence in many countries
such as Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador,
Costa Rica, Panama and Belize. And in
these countries Guzman's people were
there to accept the drugs. And they
transported it over land, by tractor
trailers and they used every other
method possible to get these
Goods into … into people's hands by air, by
landing on secret clandestine landing
strips established by the Sinaloa Cartel.
And they reverted back to the method of
using small planes to transport the
drugs. And I want to again, you know, in
this prosecution, in this charge, I want to
also thank the attorneys the prosecutors
that we have here and this incredible
show of force, because this would not
have been done if not if these men and women
didn't work night and day. Now as Guzmán
transported these drugs and had this
vast network he didn't stop just at the
southern Mexican border and in the
countries in Central America, he
continued expansion further south by
embedding his cartel members in South
American source countries including not
only just Columbia but also Ecuador and
Venezuela and this allowed Guzmán an
unprecedented ability to negotiate
directly with the traffickers in the
supply chain. But again just controlling
the transportation network and working
directly with the suppliers was just not
enough for Guzmán. Later under his
watchful eye members of the Sinaloa
Cartel established then his
distribution networks throughout
numerous US cities, including but not
limited, right here in Brooklyn, in
Atlanta, in Miam,i and Chicago, in El Paso,
in San Diego, and Los Angeles, and Phoenix.
Guzmán made every effort to ensure that
the drugs were distributed across the
United States until the streets of our
cities and the surrounding rural areas
were flooded. In the entire …throughout
the entire United States …flooded with
his illicit drugs, which we all know
destroy communities, families, and in many
times it robs the futures of a lot of
our children. Now let's talk about the
methods, how Guzmán did this, how he
managed to flood the United States with
Sinaloa narcotics from South America
in Mexico, was nothing short of an
intricate and extensive transportation
network that included the use of
aircraft,
trains, tractor trailers, and any type of
boat imaginable including those go-fast
boats, containerships, fishing vessels,
yachts, and even submarines. And it wasn't
just the methods of transportation that
were all inclusive Guzman's cartel, under
his leadership, devised countless ways to
hide the drugs and the money that they
made for the drug trade and they did it
by many different ingenious ways and
they hid them inside a lot of the
vehicles that they used. And for instance,
members of the cartel used tanker trucks
that were specially outfitted with
hidden compartments in order to store
the drugs and to hide them from law
enforcement detection and infamously as
we have all seen under Guzmán's
leadership, members of his cartel built
sophisticated and elaborate tunnels
under the border that were used to
smuggle the drugs into the United States.
And establishing this complex
transportation system along with the
intricate money laundering
infrastructure that he used to hide his
narcotics and money is what really
helped Guzman to be one of the most
infamous, successful and notorious drug
traffickers of our time. And his answer
for all of his criminal activities
However, is now. And I cannot thank again
the partnership with US Attorney Capers
and the Department of Justice for doing
This, this way and doing it together. And
[speaking in Spanish]
[speaking in Spanish]
Next will be Deputy Assistant Attorney
General Ken Blanco. [Ken Blanco] Thank you good
morning this is a great day for everyone
who believes in the rule of law and
everybody who believes in justice. I want
to thank you all for coming here today I
want to thank US Attorney Capers and US
Attorney Ferrer and all of those people up
here who have done such a great job and
working this tireless case, and for
dedicating and for the sacrifice that
they have made. I'm not going to give an
overview, the excellent overview that USA
Capers and USA Ferrer gave, but I do want
to strike a a very important issue here,
because this is also a great day for all
of those who believe in international
cooperation, and I have a few comments on
that. I want to thank the Mexican
government for their cooperation in this
matter, for their tireless efforts for
their commitment to justice and for the
many sacrifices made by them, in
particular their law enforcement
personnel many of whom have paid the
ultimate price for their work over the
years. This extradition would not have
been possible without the strong
efficient, close cooperation we have in
our working relationship with our
Mexican counterparts.
I want to thank in particular president
Enrique Peña Nieto, Secretary of Foreign
Affairs Luis Videgaray Caso, and Attorney
General Raúl Cervantes Andrade for their
unwavering support in this matter and
their commitment to justice.
[speaking Spanish]
Thank you so much.
[Robert Capers] Next will be Drug Enforcement
Administration Special Agent-in-Charge
for New York James Hunt.
[James Hunt] Good morning to reiterate my peers'
sentiments this expedition is a
significant victory for the US law
enforcement at all levels, the US and
Mexico. It is often said, it's a misnomer,
that
law enforcement, we don't get the big
fish.
Well Joaquin Guzman's arrival in the U.S.
shows that we always do. All these
international drug lords either end up
dead by the hand of their own people or
foreign law enforcement, or end up in US
prisons.
I hope this brings to attention the problem,
at hand, and that is that a hundred
forty-four people who die every day in
the U.S. from substance misuse. And I
hope to send a message to drug
traffickers, that with law enforcement
cooperation you will be brought to
justice.
Lastly I want to thank our partners who
assisted us, members of New York Drug
Enforcement Task Force, the numerous DEA
divisions worldwide, Homeland Security
Investigations, the FBI, Customs and Border
Patrol, US Marshalls Service, the NYPD, New York
State Police, and all the prosecutors in the
Eastern District, Florida and around the
country.
Thank you. [Robert Capers] next up will be Homeland
Security Investigations Special
Agent-in-Charge Angel Melendez. [Angel Melendez] Thank You,
Mr. Capers.
Good morning my name is Angel Melendez I'm
the Special Agent in Charge for ICE's
Homeland Security Investigations, I want
to start by mentioning that for the past
20 years, any investigation into a
transnational crime, had some way shape
or form a link into the Sinaloa Cartel,
specifically into the tentacles of
Joaquin Guzman el Chapo. We started
out looking at the … the Mexican
federation which was basically a
collaborative effort between the Sinaloa
Cartel and the Beltran Leyva Cartel. And
as they started to war it provided us
the opportunities to start picking these
cartels apart and bringing to justice
the leaders of those organizations. As
you heard throughout today throughout
this morning
specifically as you read the indictment
Joaquin el Chapo Guzman is being charged
with smuggling over 200 tons of cocaine
and laundering what would be the
equivalent of the gross national product
of many countries around the world. This
is a powerful individual, a powerful
criminal, the most notorious criminal of
modern times. Last night
some of us had the opportunity to see
him arrive at the airport and as he
deplaned, the most notorious criminal of
modern time, as you looked into his eyes
you can see the surprise, you can see the
shock, and to a certain extent you can
actually see the fear. As the realization
started to kick in that he's about to face
American justice.
He's about to face American justice in a
city that's foundation is bedrock, as
strong as the world of the citizens that
live in the city. And I assure you no
tunnel will be built leading to his
bathroom. I have to thank all of our
partners here in the United States, but
also globally because today is a great
day for all of law enforcement. A couple
of words in Spanish. [speaking Spanish]
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[Robert Capers] Next will be Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Assistant Director in
Charge for New York, Will Sweeney. [William Sweeney] Thank
you, Rob. Good morning when the FBI conducts an
investigation into a large criminal
organization
our goal is to take out the leadership,
to create a void and to create chaos in the
ranks so it becomes harder to traffic
their drugs and guns and to hold that
leadership accountable.
After many years of work FBI special
agents, analysts, and professionals from
across field offices across the country
worked side-by-side with law enforcement
agencies represented by those standing
with us today, we will now finish that
job together and put one of the most
feared and dangerous drug traffickers in
the world in US federal prison,
permanently. As explained a few minutes
ago, Guzman ruled an iron fist in Mexico,
creating a worldwide empire using murder,
intimidation, and bribery to remain at
the top. We will use the intelligence we
collected to go after those that remain.
We want the investigation against Guzman
his extradition to serve as a lesson to
all those aiming to replace him.
We are willing and we are capable of
using our extensive resources and
partnerships to continue to go after the
leadership of these cartels and to make
them pay for their deadly and
destructive actions in this country. I'd
like to thank our law enforcement
partners especially the DEA, HSI the
Marshal Service, the State Police, the New
York P,D all of whom are represented up
here,
the prosecutors and countless other
agencies around the country for their
dedication and professionalism and their
partnership.
I'd also like to thank the FBI
professionals from our offices around
the globe who have been investigating
Guzman for years, your work encountering
his deadly organization makes a
difference.
The tremendous time the effort and the
personal sacrifices that you've made to
bring these men to justice have been
nothing short of exceptional. Thank you
[Robert Capers] Next will be Commissioner James O'Neill,
New York City Police Department.
[James O'Neill] Thanks Rob, good morning everybody.
Thank You USA… Attorneys Ferrer, thank you
for everything that you do on this case
everything, done on this case and
everything you guys have done to keep
this country safe in and the city safe.
I just want to highlight incredible work
the members that Drug Enforcement Task
Force have done here and continue to do
everyday in other cases. The NYPD the DEA
and the New York State Police working with
Homeland Security and the US Marshals and
the FBI who continue to be our great
partners in so many efforts. NYPD
detectives in the taskforce have been
on this for years, thousands of miles
traveled all across the United States
and Central America and Mexico to take
investigative steps and conduct close to
a hundred interviews. All of this shows
that we, along with our local state and
federal partners, never shelf an
unfinished case. Chapo Guzman is back on
our soil now. He can finally be brought
to justice for his many years of
criminal behavior, moving hundreds of
metric tons of narcotics into the U.S.,
behavior that's affected so many people
here in New York City and beyond, for so
many years.
Again thank you very much for the work
that was done in this case. Thank You.
[Robert Capers] Questions folks?
Sure.
so there were as you well know I believe
multiple jurisdictions in the US
Attorney community that were
investigating Chapo Guzman including
Southern District of Florida, Narcotic
and Dangerous Drug, us, Northern District
of Illinois, Southern District of
California, Western District of Texas, and
after an exhaustive review of all of the
various cases, it was determined that the
partnership that had been formed between
our district, the Southern District of
Florida, and Narcotic and Dangerous Drug,
brought the most forceful punch in the way
of a case. We have a combined 11 or 12
seasoned narcotics prosecutors who have
devoted their careers to this war on
narcotics. We have, working with our
partners, amassed a formidable case
including some 40 or so
witnesses who provide an
intricate look into this organization,
the devastation that was wrought. And it
was decided that that would be the most
effective way to bring all the forces of
the United States government to bear and
bring him to justice. (Inaudible)
I'm actually going to defer the
first part of that question to DAG
Blanco. (Blanco) We were notified yesterday that
he would be on his way to the United
States so although it was not a surprise
that the extradition was requested
because we have been asking for his
extradition, we did not know that it was
going to happen yesterday but we had made
those plans in advance. We felt confident
in our request for extradition and he
was delivered yesterday to us, I
believe aboard a Mexican police plane.
And with respect to the
second question, we can't
comment on any statements he did or did
not make with reference to his trip over.
(reporter asking question, inaudible) ... in an way motivated the timing? The second question is (inaudible)
what measures are being taken to ensure he stays in custody?
(Capers) We actually won't even speculate as
to the first part . What we know is DAG Blanco
has stated is that the extradition
process had been in process, forgive me
for using the same word twice, for some
period of time and that there was a lot
going on in that process. We were unaware
that was going to happen but we were
ready for it, having planned for it
with regards to the second part, we're
not going to comment.
(inaudble) Well, for security and safety
purposes we're not going to comment on
that sir. (inaudible question)
We can't say what the prospects are.
It's a notice of what the
government
is going to seek. There has
been an extensive investigation
that has spanned years that allows us to
come up with a number for which that we
make that allegation. We can't say how
much we have eyes on, or how much will
recover, but what we do know is that the
government will be vigilant in trying to
recover as many of those
assets as we can. (inaudible question to Ferrer)
Well, he'll
have to make that decision with his
attorney about whether he wants to give
us any information, but we can't obviously
at this point comment on that. It's just
what we stated in our in our accusations
and allegations in the indictment which
is that he had this extensive network in
Central America and South America and
throughout the United States and this
investigation will reveal that as the
case proceeds. (Ferrer speaking in Spanish)
(inaudible question about Sean Penn) Well, we can't for obvious reasons
describe the witnesses. We can say that
the the caliber of witnesses are strong
and great. They will provide, should there
be a trial, a very detailed and intricate
look inside the inner workings of the
organization, its rise and what we believe
is also its ultimate demise. (inaudible question about length of trial) With right now,
approximately 40 or more witnesses
and the admission of what we believe is
going to be volumes of evidence, it would
take multiple weeks. It would depend on a
lot of variables including the court
schedule, but we believe that it would be
many weeks trial. (inaudible question about the death penalty) As part of the
extradition process we had to assure the
Mexican government that the death
penalty would not be sought in this
matter. So as it stands if he's
convicted of the CCE, he's facing a
mandatory life sentence and for all of
the narcotics-related narcotics
trafficking sentences he is also facing
a maximum sentence of life. (question as to why the case is in Brooklyn) Because it's
Brooklyn. (laughter) i'm sorry I couldn't pass that up.
That there are many venues we believe
that Brooklyn, this office and the
evidence that we have, provided the
greatest opportunity for us to conduct
this prosecution. As i noted in my
remarks as well, there was a multi there
are several multi-ton seizures of
narcotics heroin cocaine methamphetamine
that occurred here in this district in
various parts including Brooklyn and
Long Island. (inaudible question)
Well it is going to be a
comprehensive presentation about the
Sinaloa cartel's the rise and fall of it,
including volumes and volumes of
testimony and evidence that will be
admitted about narcotics activities that
occurred throughout the country,
throughout the districts that we cited
including and beginning with the
purchasing of these loads of drugs and
these transportation through Mexico
across the border into the states.
So it's going to be a comprehensive
presentation. It's not going to be
exclusively focused on activity that
occurred here. It will encompass
activity in the Southern District of
Florida, in the Eastern District of New
York and in many of the other
districts that we spoke of. This is also
a process so as we get closer to trial,
we will decide what evidence will
be admitted. But it will be a complete
and comprehensive, if there's a trial,
presentation of evidence. With regards to
your second question, for security
reasons we really can't discuss any
details with regards to where he'll be
housed if he's convicted and sentenced
to his mandatory life sentence, where he
would be sentenced there. What we can do is
assure you that what occurred in other
countries will not occur here. He will
remain in United States custody. (inaudible question)
We're here to announce this
indictment. This indictment has been
unsealed. He has been extradited here for
the purpose of answering these charges.
No decisions have been made with regard
to anything else. (inaudible)
(Ferrer) Oh yes but you know it's also to say
you asked a question about
Miami. This is a joint indictment
that with using the vast evidence from
Brooklyn and then adding the resources
and the sort of witnesses that we also
got in Miami, together with the attorneys
at the Department of Justice and
Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, I want
to emphasize that this show of force
that you see here: the prosecutors,
the agents from all three of these
offices, plus intelligence specialists
that we also have in our offices, this
has been an amazing group effort as US
Attorney Capers talked about within our
three components. That we put them
together and that's why the indictment
is a joint one (Ferrer speaking in Spanish)
(inaudible question to Blanco) I think what you're
going to learn through this case is the
breadth and width of a very large drug
enterprise as indicated that not only
operates with drugs, but also uses
extortion and murder, money launderers
money, you're going to see the full
panorama of things that we have been
talking about and that you have been
reading about for years.
That's what you're going to see in this
case. You're going to see cooperation
between American and Mexican justice.
You're going to see cooperation with our
international partners because as everybody
knows, Chapo Guzman is not only a
criminal, alleged criminal here in the
United States and Mexico, but also in the
world and that's what you're going to
see. (Blanco speaking in Spanish)
(Capers) One more question, Go ahead, Patty go ahead.
(Inaudible question) incoming administration will
continue to pursue these cases
especially with US-Mexican relations?
(Capers) I can't speak about confidence about what
we're going to do. I know that what we
have as a department are missions to
follow and one of the missions are
eradicating the scourge of drugs that are
stringing out and addicting people of
all stations of life. (inaudible question) But what we can't
speak to what will happen ultimately but
those cases currently remain open.
Thank you folks I'm sorry we're short on time,
we have to go. (inaudible question about banks)
We we can't speak to what will happen
next, what we can say is the
investigation continues.
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