The mother of convicted drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán said Saturday that the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City granted her a visa so she can visit her son in prison. She added that she has yet to receive the actual visa or set a date for her trip. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador lobbied for the visa to be issued after receiving a letter in February from Loera asking for assistance. When Guzmán was convicted in the U.S. in February, López Obrador said: "Let this serve as a lesson to show that money doesn't buy true happiness." Guzmán escaped from a Mexican prison in 2001 after having served eight years.

Source: ABC News June 01, 2019 15:59 UTC