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Héctor Ríos Morales

Mexican Judge Agrees To Analyze Request By 'El Chapo' Guzman To Be Repatriated After Years Of Rejections

Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman is serving a life sentence in the United States for drug trafficking and other crimes. (Credit: Photo by: AFP/Alfredo Estrella)

In a new attempt to overturn his lifelong sentence, drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán continues trying to be extradited back to Mexico after spending the last eight years in the U.S. prison system. And now he's got a small ray of hope.

Just last October, El Chapo ditched his legal team claiming they were "inefficient" and started representing himself in an attempt to change some of the conditions of his confinement, such as requesting more time outside of his cell and visitation rights for his wife Emma Coronel.

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