Convicted drug lord "El Chapo" sends "SOS" message to Mexico's president from U.S. prison
Source: CBS/AFP
Convicted drug lord "El Chapo" sends "SOS" message to Mexico's president from U.S. prison
JANUARY 19, 2023 / 7:37 AM / CBS/AFP
Mexico's president said Wednesday that he would consider a request by convicted drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to return from the United States to complete his sentence on humanitarian grounds. The message from El Chapo was described as an "SOS" by one of his attorneys.
The Sinaloa cartel founder has appealed to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador for help due to alleged "psychological torment" that Guzman says he is suffering in a U.S. prison.
"We're going to review it (the plea)," Lopez Obrador told reporters.
It was unclear if Mexico had the power to grant the request, "but the door must always be left open when it comes to human rights," he added.
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He is incarcerated at the "Supermax" prison in Florence, Colorado, which holds a number of high-profile inmates, ...
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