NEW YORK — In the nationwide sweepstakes among federal jurisdictions to put Mexican drug kingpin and escape artist Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman on trial, the place currently leading the pack is far from the border: Brooklyn. Justice Department officials in Washington still aren’t commenting on the closely watched decision involving seven prosecutor’s offices that have indicted Guzman on drug conspiracy and other charges over the past two decades. But two law enforcement officials familiar with the process told The Associated Press that it’s likely that if transferred from Mexican to U.S.
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