El Chapo is being tortured in prison: Attorney

When his legal team submits an appeal next month alleging that the incarcerated cartel lord is being tortured in prison, Joaqun ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán hopes the Supreme Court to intervene on his side.

The 64-year-old kingpin’s rights have been violated by the personnel at ADX Florence, the super-maximum security prison in Florence, Colorado, where he is serving his life sentence, Mariel Colón told Mexican network Milenio this week.

‘They don’t take him out into the open air, they don’t take him out for a single day,’ Colón claimed. ‘We’ve had a lot of problems because they don’t treat him medically if he gets sick. The requests are ignored.’

El Chapo’s wife, Emma Coronel, was also refused access to water and dental treatment for his molars, according to the high-profile lawyer, who also represented El Chapo’s wife before she pled guilty and was sentenced to three years in prison in November 2021.

‘He can’t have two 15-minute calls a month, he can’t talk to his partner,’ Colón added. ‘The government claims that they need to have him under those restrictions because he can pass some message.’

All visits to the high security prison have been suspended as a result of COVID-19 preventive measures. El Chapo is only allowed to receive visits from his 10-year-old twin daughters with Coronel.

It’s unclear whether he’ll be able to communicate with his former beauty queen wife, who is imprisoned in Texas.

Despite the alleged mistreatment he has been subjected to, Colón claimed her client remained upbeat and ‘won’t give up.’

The motion to the Supreme Court is anticipated to be filed by April 30.