So, did 'El Chapo' or one of his men magically get to someone or multiple people during this trial? It's "possible" they may have to declare a mistrial now, possibly. I say.

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'El Chapo' juror says panelists regularly broke judge's order against viewing media on case

“You know how we were told we can't look at the media during the trial? Well, we did," the juror said.

Jurors in the federal trial of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán regularly violated a judge's order to avoid news reports about the case as it was playing out in court, one of the panelists reportedly said.

Vice News claimed it videotaped a lengthy interview with the one anonymous member of the 12-person panel, who reached out to the news magazine via email a day after the trial ended.

Vice also said that its reporter who covered the case made a positive ID of the panelist, after watching the jury for months in open court.

The story, posted Wednesday, also used gender-neutral terms to describe the juror and used "they" in referring to the single panelist.

At least five jurors were regular consumers of news about Guzmán, according to the panelist.

“You know how we were told we can't look at the media during the trial? Well, we did," the juror said to the Vice News reporter.

“We would constantly go to your media, your Twitter … I personally and some other jurors that I knew."

The Sinaloa cartel leader was found guilty Feb. 12 on each of the 10 charges he was tried on, including engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise and multiple counts of distributing large amounts of narcotics internationally.

Just before deliberations began, previously sealed court documents were unearthed and showed that one witness, not called to the stand, accused Guzmán of regularly raping young women and girls as young as 13.

Jurors not only saw that story in the news media, they lied to U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan when asked about it, according to the panelist.

“I had told them if you saw what happened in the news, just make sure that the judge is coming in and he's gonna ask us, so keep a straight face," the juror said. "So he did indeed come to our room and ask us if we knew, and we all denied it, obviously.”

Rest - https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...-order-n973641