The proposal, filed by prosecutors Friday, indicates the massive sum represents property “constituting or derived from” his narcotics-related crimes and the property that “facilitated the commission of those crimes.”
“It’s insane to think that Guzman would have all that money,” said Mariel Colon, one of Guzman’s attorneys.
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Guzman, once the leader of the murderous Sinaloa drug cartel in Mexico, was convicted in February of running a continuing criminal enterprise and several other drug-related charges.
Several witnesses, including some of Guzman’s associates, testified during his months-long trial that they would sell a kilogram of cocaine in New York for up to $35,000 and the same amount of heroin elsewhere for an average of $55,000, the filing states.
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