'El Chapo' Says He'd Plead Guilty in US in Exchange for a 'Reasonable Sentence' Agencia EFE
go to original February 26, 2016

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Drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is willing to plead guilty if extradited by Mexico to the United States in exchange for "a reasonable sentence" to be served at a medium-security prison, one of the Sinaloa cartel leader's lawyers said Thursday.

Attorney Jose Refugio Rodriguez told Radio Formula that he discussed this option with Guzman on Feb. 15 at the Altiplano prison in central Mexico and the drug lord accepted it.

The goal would be to negotiate "a sentence that is not too long, a reasonable sentence," with the United States, as well as imprisonment at "a medium-security prison that does not have conditions like the ones here in Mexico," Rodriguez said.

Guzman asked some time ago that an attorney be hired to represent him in the United States, Rodriguez said, adding that he contacted William Stuttgart and they have stayed in touch since May 2014.

"It's with him that we've seen that, instead of going to trial in the United States, ... we would have to negotiate," Rodriguez said, noting that the defense's strategy would be to get the best possible conditions for his client instead of fighting it out in court.

The fact that Guzman has escaped from maximum-security prisons twice does not justify the extreme measures taken at Altiplano, a policy that threatens his health, the lawyer said.

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