Drug Kingpin ‘El Chapo’ Requests Transfer From U.S. to Mexico
The handwritten filing says he was denied fair treatment and asks for an extradition release back to Mexico.
- On Monday, court filings revealed that Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman filed a handwritten letter dated April 23, 2026, requesting transfer back to Mexico and claiming "equal treatment of the law."
- Extradited in 2017 to face drug trafficking charges, Guzman serves a life sentence plus 30 years at the United States Penitentiary Administrative Maximum Facility in Florence, Colorado, known as the "Alcatraz of the Rockies."
- Addressing a Brooklyn judge, Guzman wrote that evidence "wasn't proven" and his verdict was unfair, adding that his imprisonment constitutes "my cruel punishment."
- Legal experts note no formal mechanism exists to transfer high-profile inmates back to Mexico without a bilateral agreement, and the court may not act on this informal pro se submission.
- This filing follows a 2022 federal appeals court rejection of his conviction challenge and a 2023 plea to then-President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, demonstrating his persistent legal efforts.
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Washington. Former Mexican capo Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán Loera again requested his transfer to Mexico through five letters sent to the U.S. judicial authorities because he considers that his trial was irregular and his sentence of life imprisonment, “cruel.” The requests were denied yesterday by federal judge Brian M. Cogan.
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