In 2001, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán famously paid his way out of a top-security prison in Puente Grande by bribing a guard who ushered him out of the facility in a laundry cart. Thirteen years later, the clever drug lord from the Sinaloa Cartel one-upped himself by evading a second bid behind bars at Altiplano prison with the help of a mile-long underground tunnel located directly under his cell. In 2017, Mexican authorities captured El Chapo for the final time near a town called Juan José Ríos. El Chapo's apprehension was followed by the iconic "United States v. Guzmán" trial in Brooklyn, where he was charged with drug trafficking, murder, and money laundering. The guilty verdict resulted in his extradition to the United States of America, where he remains imprisoned at the "Supermax" prison in Florence, Colorado.
According to reports, El Chapo's residency at an American prison has been far less comforting than his previous stints at Mexican facilities. Two months ago, the former druglord handcrafted a letter regarding his treatment by prison officials and staffers. The 66-year-old claimed he had been subjected to a litany of unlawful acts, including discrimination, inhumane living conditions, and more. The message was addressed to U.S. District Court Judge Brian Cogan, who sentenced El Chapo to life in prison in 2019. Overall, the hand-written letter is three pages long, and it was initially penned in Spanish before being translated by and posted in El-Chapo's court file.
A snippet from El Chapo's letter read, "[I've] been in for a year and have only been authorized 9 telephone calls to my attorney...[This is] highly discriminatory."
Elsewhere in the letter, another section states, "It's been more than one month since I've been able to get a stamp. I hope that something is deposited in my commissary so that I can submit my letter."
Scroll up and swipe right to view El Chapo's letter in Spanish and English.
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