NEW YORK.- In a new letter sent to the Eastern District Court in New York, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera asks to annul his co ndena for drug trafficking and order his return to Mexico, due to alleged irregularities in his trial and in his extradition process.

“My name is Joaquín Guzmán from the country of Mexico who fights for my protection policy to obtain my release in relationship to the erroneous verdict o of the eastern courts (sic)”, the letter says in English. “I am writing on my representation that the courts violated my evidence policy.”

The letter presents several syntax and spelling errors that make complicated understanding the petition, but refers to the fact that allegedly there was “lack of evidence” in the trial that led to a sentence.

Furthermore, he claims that there was an erroneous extradition process that prevented him from remaining in Mexico, where “he was treated fairly.”

The letters are addressed to the Eastern District Court, not directly to Judge Brian Cogan, who led the trial of “El Chapo” , for which the petition was integrated into the judicial file, along with four other letters that were sent in April and May.

“El Chapo” claims that US authorities violated his right to the First and Eighth amendments of the US Constitution.

Guzmán Loera was one of the leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel and faced trial at the end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019, where He was found guilty of charges of leading a criminal organization for a long period, in addition to drug trafficking.

His case led to a life sentence 30 years in prison, which he is serving at the Supermax in Florence, Colorado, don of the Mexican drug trafficker is held in isolation, with one hour a day outdoors, as confirmed by this newspaper.

In April, “El Chapo” sent two letters, both in English, one on April 9 and another on April 10 , where addresses “equal protection in your rights”, as well as the First and Eighth amendments.

This Monday, the court released three letters issued by “El Chapo”. In the signed on April 23rd, the drug trafficker even states that in his appeal a “new trial” would have been ordered, although that did not happen.

This newspaper requested an official stance from Mariel Colón, who is still registered as a lawyer for “El Chapo”, but no a response has been obtained.

“Thanks to the judge for accepting my request to send documents about changing my verdict,” says one of the letters received on 28 April at the court, but barely published in the judicial system.

Without decision of the judge

There is no comment or decision by Judge Cogan on the April letters, but on January 16 of this year he dismissed another petition regarding the intervention of an alleged representative of Guzmán Loera.

James Sabatino claimed to be the legal representative of “El Chapo”, who made “the notification to the court as a motion to intervene as a person outside the process”. Judge Cogan rejected it.

In 2022, the Second Appeals Court based in New York confirmed Guzmán Loera's sentence. The judges considered that the three months trial were conducted with “diligence and fairness” by Judge Cogan.

Attorney Jeffrey Lichtman was one of the lawyers in the “El Chapo” trial and now represents two of his children, Iván Guzmán López and Joaquín Guzmán López, who achieved a cooperation agreement in the Northern District Court of Illinois.