at the trial, former u.s. attorney for the district of arizona. his office prosecuted a case connected with one of the first tunnels under the arizona-mexico border and currently a partner at the firm. i will ask my director to put up some of these pictures of the tunnels so one doesn t misinterpret. this is not something that somebody dug with a shovel on their own. these are remarkably sophisticate and more fancy than anybody s renovation. these are architecturally constructed tunnels. tell us about them. it was an architect we convicted while i was a u.s. attorney in united states who built and designed this tunnel that if you are looking at the pictures and as the jury looked at the pictures would be the envy of any mining operation in the united states. when we found this tunnel when it was discovered by american law enforcement, we knew we had a sophisticated, well finance and determined opponent on the other side of the line.
joining us from the courthouse in brooklyn where el chapo s trial took place. what have we heard from both sides in the hour since the verdict? you might say it s a story of victory and defeat. the defense attorneys are saying he remains positive and plans to appeal that he was stoic when the verdict was read in the courtroom. saying nothing and they say he is continuing to be positive. as for the prosecution, it s a sweeping success after they say having worked on this case for 10 years. take a listen. this conviction is a victory for the american people who have suffered so long and so much while guzman made billions pouring poison over our southern border. this conviction say victory for the mexican people who have lost more than 100,000 lives in drug-related violence.
detail, i want to hone into how drugs are coming in. they painted a vivid image of the techniques. some were hidden in passenger cars. others concealed in trucks in cans of jalapenos in one case. almost all went through legal check points rather than isolated stretches of the border. el chapo was used of running the sinaloa cartel by murder, kidnapping and torture. cash payoffs and ordered hits were a key part of the operations. witnesses accused him of paying off members of the mexican government at every level from the local police to an alleged $100 million bribe to the former mexican president. that has not been proven. he is said to have ordered the deaths of dozens of rivals and informants. they insist his role in the sinaloa cartel is exaggerated and the real boss remains on the loose in mexico.
loss and honored to celebrate this wonderful life with you. his body will line state until 10:00 am tomorrow morning and transported to the washington national cathedral where state funeral will commence at 11:00 but no funeral processions through downtown washington as par for the course. another sign of his modesty and the body will be transported to houston lying in repose at saint martin s the piscopo church before burial at a private ceremony. and the presidential library. heather: fox news alert. ms 13 gang member nabbed at the border trying to enter the was illegally agents arresting manwell lopez gomez near the arizona mexico border.
he claims self-defense saying a group of mexican teens were attacking him trying to force him from his position and clear the way for drug smugglers. they were throwing rocks and other stuff. but now the teen s mother is now according to this decision allowed to sue the agent in federal court for it looks like civil damages. joining me now to discuss, a border patrol agent who grew up on the arizona-mexico border, and a resident fellow in law and policy, the center of immigration studies. art, the majority opinion, which i painstakingly went through. in total it s 71 pages long in the ninth circuit. the judge, judge and her clients build. i think we might have a picture of him, he wrote the majority opinion. a george hw appointee to the court. he said the decision to allow noncitizens to sue, there s the judge, will not deter border