El Chapo Guzmán Tunnel In New York

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Joaquín “El Chapo Guzmán, famous for his incredible escapes using tunnels, could very soon use that route in New York to move from the prison where he is being held to a Manhattan court, after his lawyers asked that his case be transferred there..

This Tuesday, during his hearing in Brooklyn, lawyers for the dangerous drug lord asked a judge to grant his client the use of a tunnel about 200 yards long that connects the court of the Southern District of Manhattan with the Metropolitan Center Manhattan Correctional Facility, where the drug trafficker is being held.

The defense alleges that every time Guzmán Loera crosses to the court in Brooklyn - where his case is taken - he has to cross the East River by means of the Brooklyn Bridge, and they have to close it and escort Guzmán with armored cars and police cars without NYPD marks.

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"When they close the Brooklyn Bridge for a period of time, that gets a lot of attention," Chapo's attorney, William Purple, told Judge Brian Cogan. "And we already know what happened to Chris Christie when one of the lanes closed on another bridge," he said threateningly, referring to the case of the George Washington Bridge - also in Manhattan - which became a headache for the former governor of New York. Jersey a couple of years ago.

"I have no idea what you are talking about," Judge Cogan lashed out in response, declining Purple's request, according to the New York Post.

By the way, Emma Coronel Aispuro, Guzmán Loera's wife, accompanied by her twin daughters, was present during the audience. According to witnesses, her husband spent the entire session looking at her spellbound.

During the session, which lasted approximately 30 minutes, the medication that the capo is receiving was verified, as well as his state of health, ahead of his trial, which will begin in September.

Eduardo Balarezo, another of Guzmán Loera's lawyers, made an appointment for his client with a psychiatrist to carry out the evaluation and control his medicines. The accused is reportedly depressed and has hallucinations. "The dose [he is currently taking] literally knocks him out all day," Balarezo said. El Chapo has his next court date this August 4.