Chapo jurors: We need more dirt on cartel

The jury tasked with deciding El Chapo’s fate appears to be having a hard time digesting the druglord’s behemoth Brooklyn trial.

Nearing the end of their third day of deliberations, jurors asked Wednesday for the testimony of three cooperating witnesses in its entirety — documents numbering in the thousands.

The jury, composed of eight women and four men, also sent out a note asking for clarification regarding the murder-conspiracy charge included in the top count of leading a continuing criminal enterprise.

“If members of a drug cartel are killed from an opposing cartel for personal reasons, does that constitute as a drug-trafficking crime?” a note from the jury read.

Federal Judge Brian Cogan told jurors that a killing carried out for “wholly personal reasons not related to drug trafficking” would not fall within the charge.

In November, El Chapo, whose real name is Joaquin Guzman Loera, was accused of ordering a hit on a member of an allied cartel after he refused to shake his hand.

The bombshell accusation was revealed by witness Jesus Reynaldo (El Rey) Zambada Garcia, whose testimony jurors have requested.

“Chapo gave him his hand and said, ‘See you later, friend.’ Rodolfo left him standing with his hand extended,” Zambada testified on Nov. 19. “Chapo was really mad.” The Mexican kingpin, who donned a black suit, gray shirt and black tie to his trial on Wednesday, gestured a sign of approval to his attorney Jeffrey Lichtman as he left the courtroom.

El Chapo has been on trial in Brooklyn Federal Court since November. He has pleaded not guilty to a 10count indictment including charges he led the largest drug trafficking organization in the world, trafficked drugs to the U.S. and Canada over a 25-year period, conspired to murder his enemies and other charges.

He faces life in prison if convicted of the top count.