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In El Chapo’s home state, Mexicans bemoan his punishment far from home

Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is never going back home to Sinaloa.

The Mexican drug lord will instead spend the rest of his days in lock-up thousands of miles away in the United States, after a judge on Wednesday sentenced Guzman to life in prison, plus 30 years.

In Culiacan, the capital in Mexico’s northwestern state of Sinaloa, locals lamented that Mexicans were deprived of the chance to see the notorious capo tried, convicted and punished on his native soil.

“He doesn’t stop being Mexican... He should be paying for his sins here in Mexico,” said Victor Estrada . . .

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