Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán has been sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years on drug trafficking charges, it has been <a href="https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/07/17/el-chapo-guzman-faces-sentencing-expected-to-get-life-term/1743828001/">reported</a>. The Federal Court also ordered the kingpin to pay $12.6 Billion in forfeiture. As per <a href="https://nypost.com/2019/07/17/el-chapo-whines-about-torture-of-lockup-before-sentencing/">New York Post</a>, the notorious leader of Mexico's Sinaloa narcotics cartel had this to say in court: "I’ve been forced to drink unsanitary water. I’ve been denied access to fresh air and sunlight. The only sunlight I have in my cell comes through in the air vent." El Chapo sheds tears after being extradited to the US: [[jwplayerwidget||https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/BlKBjnqd-sKUnNGKf.mp4||BlKBjnqd]] He continued: "In order to sleep, I have to clog my ears with toilet paper because of the air from the air duct. My wife has not been allowed to this day to visit me, I have not been allowed to hug my daughters. I have been physically, psychologically, mentally tortured 24 hours a day." During his sentencing, Guzmán told the New York courtroom that "there was no justice here", <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/el-chapo-sentencing/index.html">CNN reports</a>. In a sentencing letter which was filed days ago, prosecutors clarified that life behind bars is the mandatory punishment for one crime Guzmán was found guilty of five months ago, <a href="https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/07/17/el-chapo-guzman-faces-sentencing-expected-to-get-life-term/1743828001/">USA Today</a> reports.

El Chapo has been sentenced to life in prison

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