Lawyers "disappointed" that start of trial date not pushed back Defence lawyers for Mexico's Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, accused of running one of the world's biggest criminal drug empires, say they're "disappointed" that the judge has decided not to push back the start of the trial date, but that they will "vigorously defend" allegations against the "mythical character" that Guzman has now become. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES.