Lawyer who once represented drug kingpin El Chapo wins judge post in Mexico

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A lawyer who once represented drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán won a judgeship in the northern state of Chihuahua in Mexico’s historic judicial elections this month, according to the vote count concluded Wednesday.

Silvia Delgado García won a spot as a criminal court judge in Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas. The winners were scheduled to have their results certified on Thursday.

In 2016, Delgado García was a member of Sinaloa cartel leader...