Mexico Drug Cartel: Mexico’s infamous drug smuggler Joaquin El Chapo Guzman has appealed to the country’s President for help because of alleged mental problems. He is currently lodged in an American jail. Giving information about this, El Chapo Guzman’s lawyer said this on Tuesday (January 17).
Jose Refugio Rodríguez, the legal representative of Sinaloa Cartel founder Joaquin El Chapo, said, “In the six years that Joaquin has been in prison in the US, he has not even seen the sun properly for 6 years. He was kept in a special cell.” Joaquin El Chapo’s lawyers are staying in Mexico to plead his case,
SOS sent by the family
Jose Rodriguez said that a message has been sent, which has been described as Save Our Ship (SOS). One of Guzmán’s lawyers in the US was sent through his family. The lawyer said in an interview with Radio Formula that Guzmán is only allowed three times a week to a small area where he does not see the sun and is allowed to move less than other prisoners and make calls. come less. He said that he is suffering from mental problem.
reduced the possibility of government interference
Rodríguez said Guzmán wanted President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to try to address alleged procedural violations during his extradition to the government before 2017. The Mexican embassy in Washington confirmed on Twitter on Tuesday (January 17) that it had received an email from Rodriguez on January 10.
Without mentioning the contents of the e-mail, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Eberhard played down the possibility of any government intervention in favor of the notorious drug trafficker. He told reporters “He’s serving his sentence there so obviously I don’t see any prospects for him, but I’m going to review that with the prosecutor’s office.”
son arrested recently
El Chapo is serving a life sentence in the US after being convicted in 2019 on charges including drug trafficking, money laundering and weapons offences. One of his sons, Ovidio Guzmán, was arrested this month by Mexican security forces in an operation that left 29 dead and a horrific shootout at an airport in the city of Culiacan.
