File photo taken on Feb. 22, 2014 shows drug lord Joaquin Guzman Loera, alias "El Chapo", presented to the media in Mexico City, capital of Mexico. The Mexican government announced on Jan. 19, 2017 that Joaquin Guzman Loera was being extradited to the United States. (Xinhua/David de la Paz)

NEW YORK, July 17 (Xinhua) -- U.S. judges have sentenced Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to life in prison, according to a court hearing here on Wednesday.

He was convicted guilty in February on all 10 criminal counts, including engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, at a federal court in New York City's Brooklyn borough.