El Chapo Boasted of $100 Million Pena Nieto Bribe, Trafficker Testifies

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is escorted to a helicopter by Mexican security forces in Mexico city, on Feb. 22, 2014.
Photographer: Susana Gonzalez/Bloomberg

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By Associated Press

January 15, 2019 at 9:27 PM UTC

Updated on

January 15, 2019 at 11:54 PM UTC

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New York (AP) -- A Colombian drug trafficker testified Tuesday that Mexican cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman boasted about paying a $100 million bribe to the former president of Mexico to call off a manhunt for the notorious kingpin.

Alex Cifuentes spoke about the alleged bribe to former President Enrique Pena Nieto while being cross-examined at Guzman's murder and drug conspiracy trial in New York.