Judge denies El Chapo’s request for better prison conditions 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseA New York judge on Monday denied a request by convicted Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman for better prison conditions, saying he poses an escape risk. Guzman, 62, is to be sentenced on June 25 and faces life in prison for smuggling tons of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana into the United States. On Monday, Judge Brian Cogan refused the request, saying the detention conditions were made necessary by Guzman’s repeated jailbreaks in Mexico. His lawyers in March requested a new trial on the grounds that some jurors had followed media coverage of the first trial in violation of the judge’s orders.

Source: Manila Bulletin June 03, 2019 21:33 UTC