Former Mexican legislator testifies at NY El Chapo trial

A woman who authorities say was with the Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo during one of his escapes is now testifying at his U.S. trial.

Lucero Guadalupe Sánchez López took the witness stand in Brooklyn on Thursday in the drug-trafficking case against Joaquin Guzman (wah-KEEN’ gooz-MAHN’).

Sanchez is a former legislator in Guzman’s home state of Sinaloa.

Earlier, a DEA agent described how Guzman evaded a manhunt in 2014 by escaping through a sewer system. U.S. authorities have said Sanchez was with him at the time and that they were love interests.

Guzman was ultimately caught but ended up escaping from a Mexican prison. He was recaptured and sent to the U.S. in 2017 to face charges he says are fabricated.