Joaquin Guzman Loera, also positive as ‘El Chapo’ is transported to Maximum Security Prison of El Altiplano in Mexico City, Mexico on January 08, 2016.
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Federal prosecutors want to recover $12.6 billion in drug money they say was generated by the Mexican narcotic lord known as El Chapo.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn asked a judge Friday to order Joaquin Guzman to penalty that massive sum.
They called the amount a “conservative” estimate of the cash Guzman’s Sinaloa Cartel earned assigning cocaine, heroin and marijuana in the United States.
Prosecutors pointed to weeks of testimony from drug suppliers who traversed the lucrative narcotics enterprise during Guzman’s trial.
They said the laundered proceeds covered payroll and the acquire of planes, submarines and other vehicles.
Guzman was convicted in February of murder conspiracy and drug trafficking. He faces individual in prison.
An email seeking comment was sent to his attorney.