According to the New York Post, Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman says he is being sexually harassed at the prison where he awaits extradition to the U.S.
Silvia Delgado, El Chapo’s lawyer, reputedly told El Nacional that her client was being targeted by an unnamed official at the federal penitentiary in Ciudad Juarez.
“This officer does not touch me to check me, he handles me,” the gangster reportedly said.
Delgado alleged that guards have interrupted El Chapo’s sleeping schedule, which has become a common refrain by his defense team.
His lawyers have also tried to stop his extradition to the United States, where he has long been wanted on racketeering and drug trafficking charges for years of leading his violent gang.
Guzman’s lawyers have repeatedly alleged mistreatment at the prison where he is being held. Guzman, who has escaped from Mexican prisons twice, was recaptured early last year, several weeks after he met with Sean Penn for an interview.
Kate Del Castillo, star of the original Spanish-language Queen of the South (Reina del Sur), and the Mexican actress who facilitated the meeting, said this weekend that the Mexican government is persecuting her for her actions. Officials, though, say there is no warrant out for her arrest and that she has only been mentioned in criminal investigations.
