Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has lodged a complaint against authorities for allegedly impeding his ability to communicate with his family while serving a life sentence in a maximum-security prison in the United States.
El Chapo voiced his grievances before District Court Judge Brian Cogan in the Eastern District of New York, highlighting his distress over being unable to make phone calls or receive visitors in prison, particularly his twin daughters, since his sentencing.
Expressing his frustration, El Chapo wrote, “The facility stopped giving me calls with my daughters, and I haven’t had calls with them for seven months.
“I have asked when they are going to give me a call with my daughters, and the staff here told me that the FBI agent who monitors the calls does not answer, that’s all they’ve told me.”
“I ask that you please authorize her to visit me and to bring my daughters to visit me since my daughters can only visit me when they are on school break, since they are studying in Mexico.”
El Chapo characterized the prohibition on outside communication as “unprecedented discrimination,” alleging that authorities had chosen to punish him by restricting contact with his family.
“It is unprecedented discrimination against me, they have decided to punish me by not letting me talk to my daughters,” he said.
