Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera sent a letter to Judge Brian Cogan complaining of alleged violations of his rights, since he has not had access to court documents delivered by his lawyer Mariel Colón.
“I am writing to you to state the following: on June 20, my lawyer Mariel Colón visited me and brought me copies related to motion 2255 and they did not allow her to bring them into the visiting room, so that I could read them, that because they were written in Spanish, Your Honor,” Guzmán Loera complained.
The drug trafficker affirms that he had asked his lawyer Colón to deliver the documents to him in Spanish, but so far he has not received them, despite the fact that they were delivered at the prison.
“They told my lawyer to deposit here in the jail what she brought me in Spanish; that they would deliver the documents to me and to this day they have not delivered them to me, ”she accused. “Just 4 years ago I arrived at this place my lawyer deposited a dictionary and about 2 years ago my lawyer deposited me transcripts of the trial witnesses and to this day they have not delivered anything to me.”
For this reason, he asks Judge Cogan to order “to whom it may concern” to deliver “said documents.”
The letter was translated into English by Rosa Olivera, under the rules of the US judicial system.
The motion to which Guzmán Loera refers is on Title 28, Section 2225 of the US Code, on which prosecutors responded on July 21, asking Judge Cogan to reject the drug trafficker’s request.
Among the arguments of the prosecutors is that Guzmán Loera’s petition “reiterates arguments previously exposed” before the Eastern District Court and before the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, as well as in the previous motion on his sentence.
Judge Brian Cogan must decide on the motion of “El Chapo” on the documents and on the position of the prosecutors and the sentence.
