Witness: ‘El Chapo’ paid massive bribes to top Mexican cop

NEW YORK (AP) — A government witness testifying at the U.S. trial of the Mexican drug lord known as “El Chapo” (ehl CHAH’-poh) claims his cartel paid massive bribes to a top law enforcement official.
Miguel Angel Martinez told a New York City jury on Monday that Joaquin Guzman (wah-KEEN’ gooz-MAHN’) ordered $10 million bribes at least twice to the police commander starting in the late 1980s. He said in exchange the commander, Guillermo González Calderon