After being sentenced to life imprisonment three years ago and being held in a maximum security prison United States of America since 2017 Joaquín Guzmán Loera, aka the ‘Smaller’sent a message to Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, through one of his lawyers, Jose Refugio Rodriguez.
According to the legal defense of the ex-boss of the Sinaloa cartelGuzmán Loera demanded that the extradition judicial process he faced in 2017 be rectified, suggesting that both international law and his human rights were violated.
El Chapo Guzmán has been imprisoned in the United States for more than 6 years. Photo: AFP
In conversation with the journalist Ciro Gomez LeyvaIn his program “Am Morgen”, the lawyer pointed out that his client’s application had a legal basis, since the then Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray had “attached a special capsule so that he could be tried in a third country”. NYwhen your affairs lie California Y Texas.
“This was a blatant violation of his human rights because it amounts to the fact that Joaquín was handed over to trial in violation of the guarantee of a hearing. He has never seen sunlight in six years in prison, the quality of the food is terrible, he has not received more than three visits while the other prisoners are allowed to see their families five or six times a month,” he denounced. Rodriguez Shelter.
José Refugio Rodríguez shared Chapo’s message in an interview. Photo: Capture Radio Formula.
He also indicated that his client wanted to return to Mexico and be imprisoned there. “Deriving from this, Joaquín asked me through verbal messages that he will fight for his return to Mexico.” For this he indicated that he would go to the Ministry of Foreign Relations (SRE) to make an approach with legal grounds for their return.