As jury selection resumed Tuesday in the Brooklyn courthouse hosting the trial for the notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, a federal judge had already dismissed 17 potential jurors on Monday who said they were afraid for their lives if they served on the jury, according to CBS News. Guzman was the alleged leader of the infamous and brutal Sinaloa cartel for decades as it became the largest drug trafficking organization in the world. U.S. prosecutors claim Guzman oversaw