Security police stand out at the Brooklyn Federal Court on July 17, 2019, after Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's sentencing, in New York city. - Once one of the world's most powerful and notorious criminals, Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was jailed for life Wednesday -- the mandatory sentence for a host of crimes spanning a quarter-century. Guzman, the 62-year-old former co-leader of Mexico's mighty Sinaloa drug cartel, was convicted in February in US federal court on a variety of charges, including trafficking hundreds of tons of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamines and marijuana to the United States. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP)