# @nbcnewyork on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=1drwSPx3hCc
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- **Posted:** 2019-01-25T00:05:10.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NBC New York (@nbcnewyork) — https://gondola.cc/nbcnewyork

## Caption

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman took a hands-on role in the grisly deaths of three kidnapped enemies of his drug cartel, including one who was buried alive, a witness testified Thursday at Guzman's U.S. trial.

Isaias Valdez Rios told a New York jury that, while a member of the Sinaloa cartel security detail around 2006, he witnessed Guzman order his men to dig a grave before he shot a victim in a fit of rage.

When the gunfire stopped, the wounded man "was still gasping for air," said Isaias Valdez Rios. "That's how we dropped in the hole and buried him."

Jurors at a trial that began in mid-November had previously heard allegations that Guzman ordered assassinations to protect his cocaine-smuggling empire, a key element of a case the defense says is fabricated. But Valdez's chilling testimony offered the most detailed account to date of the cartel boss personally engaging in violence against those who crossed him.

Anchor Stefan Holt also reports on a fatal crash on Long Island, a delayed MTA fare hike and the search for a man who attacked an Uber driver. 

(Copyright Associated Press / NBC New York)

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