Extra Extra: Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman Captured
By Jon Graef in News on Feb 22, 2014 10:00PM
- Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the drug kingpin who's Chicago's first "Public Enemy No. 1" since Al Capone, has been captured. [NBC Chicago]
- Read about Guzman's ties to the Sinaloa Cartel in Chicago Magazine's profile from 2011. [Chicago Magazine]
- More on the trial of disgraced cop Steven Mandell. Jurors were treated to a video where he attempted to chop off someone’s genitals. [Sun-Times]
- A Des Plaines man takes care of removing the snow for all the homes on his block. (That’s a hell of a snow blower.) [Daily Herald]
- The story of Metra’s antiquated interlocking system, which dates back to the 1930s, and how it fouls up during Chicago winters is getting national play. [Marketplace]
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