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.
Maybe they could dip the little monster in a vat of acid twice daily. God knows he did that to a lot of his enemies.
Well don't do it then
He asked for a canary. That’s all
Reporting on him sure went silent immediately after he claimed to be paying off US politicians. How come
He asked for $100 million and a helicopter?
He’s asking for a tunnel to be built under a fake toilet ?
Paywall
I expect it's a recitation of the old joke about limbs being amputed one at a time and mailed to various family members.😒😏
Send him some Trump Water.
no no a thousand times no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
U.S. Authorities shouldn't give him any leniency, just as he didn't have any leniency to those whom he send to be murdered, this Mexican Jackal, is very cunning and shrewd, he has escaped from Mexican prisons before and he will do it again. Hehasdon'tgrieviouslytomyMexicanpeople
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Ha ha ha. That was funny!
These.... were not unusual nor unreasonable requests. He essentially asked for sunlight and water. The restriction of these, in the form of solitary confinement, ought to be illegal under the 8th amendment. Our prison system is a mess.
I would've thought being forced to listen to a endless Trump Speech 24/7 was inhumane treatment..but I guess the authorities haven't stooped that low yet.🤔
Keep El Chappell where he is at.
'El Chapo'2020. he would be better president than 'Derange Donald'
Did he ask for a saw?
Set him free, damn it!!
i get that he’s like a horrible drug lord and all but seriously come on. “permission to buy (!) six bottles of water every week (!)”? like jesus christ
Technically, he should receive the death penalty. He's responsible for more drug related deaths than anyone else. Put him down and the issue with him ends
Has he even thought of lobbying Trump for a cabinet position post-pardon?
He requested eleventy billion spoons?
😂
If he is able to ask with just having basic human rights, think it’s more on the prison than it’s in on him.
File in birthday cake? Yeah no way guy
Rita Hayworth?