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El Chapo Sends Handwritten Note to Judge With Desperate Plea From Isolation in Federal Supermax Jail, Claims U.S. Won't Let Him Speak to Lawyers

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El Chapo is begging the judge who presided over his case to order officials to let him speak with his lawyers, something he hasn't be able to do in weeks.
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Joaquín Guzmán Loera, El Chapo, former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, presented a handwritten letter to Judge Brian Cogan, from the federal court of Brooklyn, New York, in which he claims that the U.S. government has prevented him from contacting lawyer Israel José Encinosa, who recently joined his defense. In the letter, the capo insists on several occasions that Judge Cogan order the prison authorities to receive visits, calls and letters from …

He has about 10 months without receiving letter, visits or phone calls, so he requested support from Judge Brian Cogan Joaquin «El Chapo» Guzmán, one of the leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel denounced through a letter that has been unable to communicate with his defense for weeks, has not received letters or visits since ...

Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera, alias “El Chapo,” former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, sent a letter on July 15, 2025, to Judge Brian M. Cogan of the Federal Court of the Eastern District of New York, in which he denounced that the prison authorities were keeping him isolated in the maximum security prison Florence ADMAX - known as the “Alcatraz of the Rockies,” located in the county… Source

Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera extended a written complaint to Judge Brian Cogan alleging that he has not been allowed to communicate with his new lawyer, Israel José Encinosa, and asked for action to be taken.From the ADX maximum security prison in Florence, Colorado, where he serves the life sentence, “El Chapo” sent a letter of his fist and letter to Cogan, judge of the East District Court of Brooklyn, New York.TE MAY INTEREST: U.S. Attorney…

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Vanguardia broke the news in on Tuesday, August 5, 2025.
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