New York Daily News

Chapo bummed by treks out to B’klyn

- Andrew Keshner and Leonard Greene

THE MAN accused of being the world’s most notorious drug kingpin is unhappy with his commute.

Lawyers for Joaquin (El Chapo) Guzman have asked for a change of venue because they said the motorcade that takes him from the Manhattan Correction­al Center to a Brooklyn federal courtroom might prejudice potential jurors.

“Mr. Guzman has now made seven court appearance­s, each directly exposing countless of New Yorkers and potential jurors to this spectacle and inconvenie­ncing thousands more by the traffic disruption­s created,” the motion said. The lawyers asked the court to move the trial to Manhattan or to another jurisdicti­on where a motorcade would not be needed.

Guzman, 61, has pleaded not guilty to charges that his cartel oversaw a campaign of murders and kidnapping­s to uphold his Mexican drug empire. He was extradited from Mexico in January 2017 and his trial is set for September.

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