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A New York appeals court upheld the conviction of El Chapo.
The Mexican drug trafficker, also known as El Chapo, was escorted to Mexico City.
An anonymous juror who claimed several members of the jury followed media coverage of the high-profile trial, and potentially swaying them, is one of the reasons why the appeal was filed.
A panel of judges for the federal 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals said Tuesday that one juror didn't make a post- trial hearing into jury bias necessary.
After issuing a series of meticulously crafted rulings, the appeals court wrote that Cogan conducted the three-month trial with diligence and fairness.
The appellate judges rejected several of the claims, including a claim that it was difficult for him to prepare an adequate defense because of his years-long stint in solitary confinement.
The attorney for the man who was sentenced to death told Forbes that he was disappointed that there were still allegations of jury tampering in the case.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York did not comment to Forbes.
In due course, the Supreme Court is expected to review his case.
The life sentence was given to the man after he was extradited from Mexico. According to Forbes estimates, the Sinaloa Cartel, which at one point accounted for 25% of drug trade across the U.S.-Mexico border, was once run by a man who became a billionaire. The testimony from witnesses who accused him of overseeing torture and killings was part of the trial. For decades, he evaded law enforcement. He escaped from Mexican prisons twice, once in 2001 and again in 2015. He was extradited to the United States after being arrested again in Mexico.
Coronel Aispuro was sentenced to three years in prison in November after pleading guilty to drug distribution conspiracy and other charges.
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