American prisoners pledge loyalty to drugs baron El Chapo after his extradition to USA

[MindWars]

A gang of prisoners swear allegiance to 'El Chapo' at a US jail following the Mexican drug lord's extradition to America.
Lags in US jail pledge loyalty to 'El Chapo' after his extradition to America
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Authority is not your GOD, Authority does not mean laws are right to have, Authority thinks for you, you do not think for yourselves.
Authority is often crooked, no that does not mean everyone or ever aspect of Government just most of them LOL.

 

[Fenton Lum]

And we all knew in this past presidential election, that regardless of outcome, we were going to end up with another crook in the white house. This is just how our system works for now, and for as long as we merely vote and accept this.

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - whiny lil' fart, ain't he?...

Drug lord El Chapo Guzman complains about US jail
Fri, 03 Feb 2017 - Lawyers for Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman say he is on 23-hour lockdown.

Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has complained in court about his conditions of custody in a US jail. Guzman is being held in a maximum security prison in New York after he was extradited last month. The notorious kingpin escaped twice from prison in Mexico, once in a laundry basket and most recently through a tunnel in his cell. His lawyers say he has been denied marital visits and is largely kept in solitary confinement. The claims arose at a federal court in Brooklyn at a hearing for Guzman, who has pleaded not guilty to charges that he ran the world's largest drug-trafficking organisation during a decades-long career.

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is being held in a maximum security prison in New York​

He faces life in prison if convicted. Guzman's wife Emma Coronel, a 27-year-old former beauty queen and mother of his twins, flew from Mexico to attend the hearing. His lawyers said it was first time Ms Coronel had seen her husband since his surprise extradition two weeks ago. Guzman, 59, is reportedly on 23-hour lockdown in a special unit of the Manhattan Correctional Center. "We understand the need for security but we think it has gone above and beyond," said Michelle Gelernt, one of his court-appointed lawyers. District Judge Brian Cogan pointed out that the "history of the defendant is somewhat unusual" - a reference to his past escapes - and said the Federal Bureau of Prisons should decide what conditions Guzman faced and who he could see.

Guzman's wife Emma Coronel (L) and lawyer Michelle Gelernt outside the Brooklyn courthouse​

Guzman's Sinaloa cartel allegedly smuggled hundreds of tonnes of cocaine, heroin, marijuana and methamphetamines to the US while waging war with other gangs. The cartel is accused of carrying out thousands of murders and kidnappings, and bribing officials. Guzman - widely known by his nickname El Chapo, which means "Shorty" - is believed to have amassed a billion-dollar fortune through the drugs trade. Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto had initially resisted extraditing him to the US, insisting that he should face justice at home. But after Guzman was recaptured in January 2016, Pena Nieto changed his mind on extradition and ordered officials to speed up the process.

Drug lord El Chapo Guzman complains about US jail - BBC News

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - he done gone goofy from all dat cocaine he did...

'El Chapo' has deteriorated mental state, lawyer says
Nov. 3, 2017 -- A lawyer for Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman requested a medical examination of his client, saying harsh jail conditions are impacting the accused Mexican drug lord's mental state.

Defense attorney Eduardo Balarezo sent a letter to a federal judge Thursday asking for a neuropsychological exam for Guzman. "it is plain to the defense team that something is not right with Mr. Guzman," the letter read. Guzman's lawyer has repeatedly criticized his client's conditions in jail. Guzman escaped from prison twice in Mexico so he is being held in a high-security section of the federal jail in Manhattan. He is isolated from other inmates and visitors for 23 hours a day with 1 hour for exercise.

Balarezo's letter says Guzman is allowed minimal contact with his defense team and family. He also complained of "frigid" cell temperatures, lack of clean bed linens and fresh air, and constant lighting in his cell disrupting his sleep. In October, Balarezo asked to be able to have in-person meetings with Guzman, who was being kept separate by a partition. U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan said the men may have a slot through which to pass papers.

A lawyer for Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman said that in addition to minimal contact with family and lawyers, the accused Mexican drug lord is being kept in frigid and dirty conditions.​

Balarezo said Guzman has complained of auditory hallucinations, depression and a feeling of persecution, and he believes the government is recording his visits. "Counsel has noticed that Mr. Guzman has begun repeating himself often and sometimes forgetting what the discussion is about," Balarezo wrote. "In addition to his apparent mental decline, Mr. Guzman also suffers from myriad physical problems, including constant headaches, ringing in his ears and throat pain.

After his capture in 2016, Guzman was held in a Mexican prison prior to his extradition to the United States. He complained of jail conditions there, too, accusing jailers of torture. "He told me verbatim: 'Every two hours at night, they wake me stridently for roll call. ... They are converting me into a zombie, they don't let me sleep. What I want is, nothing else, for them to let me sleep,'" his lawyer, Juan Pablo Badillo, said at the time. Guzman wrote a letter to another lawyer in Mexico saying a barking dog outside his cell "scares my sleep."

"El Chapo" -- meaning "The Short One" or "shorty" -- so dubbed because of his 5-foot-6-inch frame, was first captured in Guatemala in 1993 and again in 2016. Guzman's cartel is credited with dominating the illegal drug market in nearly the entire United States, according to a report by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. The report states the criminal organization is most powerful "along the West Coast, through the Midwest and into the Northeast."

'El Chapo' has deteriorated mental state, lawyer says