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Illegal Arrested in Connecticut Murder:  A former boyfriend, in the U.S. illegally, has been arrested for the murder of 24-year-old Valerie Reyes.  Kathleen Joyce of Fox News reports that last week Reyes body was found in a suitcase along a road in Greenwich, Connecticut.  The cause of death has not been disclosed.  Javier da Silva, a Venezuelan national who had been dating Reyes, was arrested today by the Greenwich police. Reyes, who was last seen alive on January 29th, told her mother that she was afraid someone is going to murder her.    

"El Chapo" Guilty on All Counts:  Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was found guilty of running a drug smuggling enterprise and multiple counts of distributing drugs and money laundering by a federal jury in New York today.  Elisha Fieldstadt and Tom Winter of NBC News report that in the extradition deal with Mexico to bring Guzman to the U.S. for trial, prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty.  For that reason, there were no murder charges brought against the brutal, murdering drug kingpin.   He will almost certainly sentenced in life in prison without parole.    

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