US judge gives ‘El Chapo’ associate a 28-year prison term

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a former lieutenant to Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo ” Guzman to 28 years in prison after rejecting prosecutors’ claims that he offered Chicago street gang members $25,000 to beat a government witness.
Judge Ruben Castillo said 35-year-old Jesus Raul Beltran Leon must pay the price for being a “very significant drug dealer” during the sentencing in Chicago on Tuesday.
Leon told Castillo that he’s sorry f