Keegan Hamilton

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U.S. editor of VICE News and host of the VICE News podcast “Chapo: Kingpin on Trial"

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Some El Chapo jurors got trial info from Twitter -- grounds for an appeal?

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from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Naked escapes through bathtub tunnels, $100 million bribes, mistresses and drugs are all part of the trial of Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo.

El Chapo trial this week is full of high drama

Naked escapes through bathtub tunnels, $100 million bribes, mistresses and drugs are all part of the trial of Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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