Man arrested in courthouse as El Chapo jury deliberates
Jurors at the U.S. trial of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman contemplated their case for a fourth day on Thursday while some colorful action erupted, presumably out of their earshot, in the adjacent courtroom.
As the anonymous jury toiled away, a man, Rene Rivera Martinez, showed up in the federal courtroom in Brooklyn claiming to be a Guzman relative and trying to use seating for family members. He was removed to an overflow courtroom before deputy U.S. marshals entered and took him out in handcuffs.
Martinez was arrested on multiple outstanding warrants and turned over to ICE, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.