El Chapo paid $100m bribe to former Mexican president Peña Nieto, witness says
(The Guardian Mexico)

Alex Cifuentes, a close associate of the cartel chief, testified that he told US authorities about the alleged bribe in 2016A witness at the US trial of Joaquín `El Chapo` Guzmán has testified that he told US authorities the accused Mexican drug lord once paid a $100m bribe to former Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto.Alex Cifuentes, who has said he was a close associate of the Sinaloa cartel chief for years, discussed the alleged bribe under cross-examination by one of Guzman´s lawyers in Brooklyn federal court on Tuesday. Asked if he told authorities in 2016 that Guzman arranged the bribe, he answered: `That´s right.` Related: Behind the El Chapo trial: what`s been left unsaid in a New York courtroom Continue reading...