Quote:Joaquin Guzman is a billionaire claiming to be El Chapo, and Monday federal prosecutors said the drug lord should be made to prove why American taxpayers should pick up the tab for his attorneys.

Rules that allow court-appointed lawyers for the poor should hardly apply to El Chapo, prosecutors said, especially since they believe he is sitting on $14 billion in drug profits.

Monday night El Chapo was in solitary confinement at the federal lockup in Manhattan, according to his attorneys, which are a pair of federal public defenders for the moment.

Prosecutors want a court hearing on whether Chapo should continue to receive government-financed lawyers, considering he is "the billionaire leader of the Sinaloa cartel," who "made billions of dollars trafficking narcotics."

(01-31-2017 02:35 PM)banker Wrote:  well, if he supplied his own high dollar, big time attorneys, wouldn't that validate that he is sitting on drug profits since he wouldn't be able to show another source of income most likely?

I'm not supporting this in any way, but getting his own lawyers might actually be self incriminating on some level. Interesting dilemma from his perspective for sure.

(01-31-2017 02:51 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  Do drug lords ever retire quietly and successfully?