In a plea to District Court Judge Brian Cogan in the Eastern District of New York, Mexican drug lord Joaquín Guzmán, famously known as El Chapo, has accused the prison authorities of denying him the right to make phone calls or receive visitors in the high-security United States prison where he is serving a life sentence.
Expressing his discontent, El Chapo mentioned his distress over not being able to communicate with his twin daughters ever since he was sentenced.
He wrote, “For the past seven months, the prison has restricted my calls with my daughters, and every time I inquire about it, the staff informs me that the FBI agent overseeing the calls is unresponsive. I urgently request permission for my daughters to visit me, especially during their school breaks in Mexico.”
El Chapo considers the prohibition on external communication as an act of discrimination directed towards him.
He remarked, “This unprecedented discrimination against me, solely aimed at preventing me from talking to my daughters, is a form of punishment imposed on me.”