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. 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. “Which one of his lawyers passed the message to his co-conspirators to plan this escape?”Read more‘El Chapo’ is facing life in prison. Drug lord Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán found guilty on all counts in federal trialEl Chapo trial provides a deep look inside the Sinaloa cartel’s drug empireAs El Chapo trial opens, attorneys offer contrasting portraits of ‘mythological’ drug lord

Source: Washington Post May 25, 2019 20:22 UTC