Notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has appealed to Mexico’s president for help due to alleged “psychological torment” he’s struggling in a US jail, his lawyer mentioned Tuesday.

“In the six years that Joaquin has been within the United States, he has not seen the solar,” said Jose Refugio Rodriguez, a Mexico-based legal representative of the Sinaloa cartel founder.

The message, described as “an SOS,” was transmitted through considered one of Guzman’s legal professionals within the United States in addition to his household, Rodriguez mentioned.

Guzman is barely allowed outdoors thrice per week to a small space the place he “doesn’t get the solar,” and has fewer visits or phone calls than other inmates, the lawyer said in an interview with Radio Formula.

“He is suffering psychological torment,” he mentioned, including that the dearth of sunshine was additionally unhealthy for the convicted drug trafficker’s bodily well being.

Guzman desires President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to tackle alleged procedural violations throughout his extradition in 2017 below the previous authorities, Rodriguez added.

El Chapo is serving a life sentence within the United States after being convicted in 2019 of prices together with drug trafficking, cash laundering and weapons-related offenses.

One of his sons, Ovidio Guzman, was arrested by Mexican safety forces this month in an operation that left 29 folks useless and sparked a dramatic shootout at an airport within the metropolis of Culiacan.

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