In a seven-page letter, he claims that he is being mistreated in an American maximum security prison and that it is taking a toll on his health, according to Metro.
‘Due to the treatment at ADMAX, now I suffer from headaches, memory loss, muscle cramps, stress and depression,’ he wrote in English about the facility in Florence, Colorado.
‘The treatment I receive is cruel and unfair, and it is causing me to suffer from psychological and health problems. I pray that this court intervenes.’
El Chapo, now 65, was extradited from his native Mexico to the USA in January 2017 after he was sentenced to life plus 30 years in prison.
The drug lord, real name Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera, was found guilty in February 2019 of 10 charges related to drug trafficking and money laundering. – Mirror
He is a Mexican drug lord who is serving life term in Colorado prison following his conviction in an epic drug-trafficking case