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The lawyer for the notorious former Mexican drug lord “El Chapo” appealed for help in Mexico on Tuesday. He claims that his client, who is serving a life sentence in the United States, “suffers from mental disorders” and that the “deterioration” of his health could lead to an untimely death.
The former Mexican drug trafficker Joaquin Guzman, nicknamed “El Chapo”, launched on Tuesday, January 17, through one of his lawyers, a call for help in Mexico about the “psychological torment” that he claims to be suffering in prison in the United States, where he is serving a life sentence.
“For six years that Joaquin has been in the United States, he has not seen the sun,” said his lawyer in Mexico, José Refugio Rodriguez, in an interview with Radio Formula. Incarcerated in the Colorado desert mountains in one of the most secure prisons in the United States, “Chapo” Guzman leaves his cell only three times a week without ever seeing the sun, Mr. Rodriguez.
The lawyer says he received a voicemail from Guzman, 65, through Mariel Colon, one of his lawyers in the United States, and one of his sisters. “He suffers from mental disorders,” he continued, fearing a “deterioration” of his health condition that could lead to premature death.
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Mexican authorities must monitor his conditions of detention, according to an agreement with the United States, according to the lawyer.
“Chapo”, once feared leader of the Sinaloa cartel, is also protesting the alleged failure to follow procedures during his extradition in January 2017. He had asked in October to have his conviction overturned and a new trial.
The complaints from “Chapo” come after the arrest of one of his sons, Ovidio Guzman, on January 5 in the state of Sinaloa (northwest) during an operation that left 29 dead (10 soldiers and 19 suspected criminals according to the authorities).
With AFP
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