El Chapo trial starts

The World

There was tight security in New York City on Tuesday for the start of the highly anticipated trial of Joaquín Guzmán, the Mexican drug trafficker known as “El Chapo.” Host Marco Werman speaks with the BBC’s Nada Tawfik, who is covering the trial at the courthouse in Brooklyn.

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