The lawyer for Joaquín Guzmán, better-known as El Chapo, has asked the judge to intervene in 'cruel and unusual' prison conditions. Prosecutors think he's up to something else.
By Deanna Paul Deanna Paul Reporter covering national and breaking news Email Bio Follow May 25 at 4:23 PM For two and half years, Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has lived in solitary confinement—with nearly no ability to communicate with the outside world.
"This deprivation of sunlight and fresh air, over an excessive 27-month period, is causing psychological scarring,” CNN reported the letter said. It called the conditions “cruel and unusual punishment” in violation of the Eighth Amendment.According to new court filings obtained by CNN, the government opposed all of the above and alleged the request was part of a ploy to escape from prison or silence cooperating witnesses.
In February, federal prosecutors secured a conviction against the Sinaloa Cartel boss for running the drug trafficking enterprise. During the three-month trial, witnesses — including his former bodyguard — testified about horrific murders both ordered and carried out by Guzmán. On one occasion, he allegedly shot the rival-cartel member and then buried the victim alive.Until then, the government requested Guzman be held in restrictive detention.
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