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David Clark

Cartel kingpin El Chapo jailed in US begs Mexico to free him and moans of 'poor food'

Former cartel boss Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman has pleaded for Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to intervene because of the “cruel and unfair” conditions at his high-security prison in the United States.

The ex Sinaloa cartel leader has been incarcerated since 2017 and was sent to a super-max federal prison in Colorado after being sentenced to a life plus 30 years sentence in 2019.

Guzman was convicted of a string of drug and money laundering charges, but is now unhappy with conditions.

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