The trial of ‘Chapo’ was led by Jeffrey Lichtman, but the drug trafficker is now represented by lawyer Mariel Colón Miro / photo: EFE
Mexican drug trafficker Joaquín ‘el Chapo’ Guzmán requested a new trial for alleged irregularities after having been, according to the former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, “illegally extradited to the United States.”
“The extradition to the Eastern District of New York was illegal. He should have been extradited to the Eastern District of Texas and the Southern District of California. There was never a waiver of the specialty rule signed by a magistrate judge,” Guzmán said in the document legal.
Guzmán, who is being held at the maximum security prison in Colorado, also noted that his “legal assistance was ineffective” at his trial and appeal.
“My lawyers were not effective. They did not properly examine witnesses and, as a result, I was found guilty. They also did not fight to have certain evidence excluded from the case,” noted the former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel.
The trial of ‘Chapo’ was led by Jeffrey Lichtman, but the drug trafficker is now represented by lawyer Mariel Colón Miro.
The authorities have not yet responded to Guzmán’s petition, which was received at the offices of the Federal Court of Appeals on October 15.
USA / EFE
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