Granados was at the headquarters of Mexico's National Human Rights Commission to present a complaint against the Mexican government, saying it was trying to interfere with Guzman's defense by denying it copies of a Friday ruling that his extradition to the United States can proceed.
Guzman's lawyers need a copy of the document in order to file an appeal, but officials have said they sent the document directly to the drug lord in prison, where lawyers have limited access to him. Granados said it was an intentional delaying tactic on the part of the government.
How can his legal team prepare a writ of amparo against the extradition order if they don't have a copy of it and they aren't allowed to meet with El Chapo who does have a copy?
Granados Flores, who put El Chapo together with Kate del Castillo and Sean Penn, also said today he will sue Univision and Netflix if they proceed with plans for an El Chapo show using El Chapo's nickname and image without paying for it. Granados said they could make licensing arrangements with Kate del Castillo who El Chapo granted rights to tell his story. He suggested El Chapo might be willing to add his input to the story if paid.
Question: How can they pay El Chapo anything when he's on the specially designated kingpin list forbidding anyone to engage in financial transactions with him? Lawyers can apply for an OFAC license to be paid by El Chapo for legal representation, but I don't know of any license the TV networks can get to pay El Chapo.
As to negotiations with the U.S., Granados Flores contradicts another of El Chapo's lawyers who said he's actively working on an agreement with the U.S. Granados says they can't begin talking settlement until El Chapo gets to the U.S.
"He would have to be in the United States first" for any deal to be negotiated, Granados said. "The person who would have to do that negotiating is the U.S. lawyer" for Guzmán, who he refused to identify.
An interview with his lawyer Jose Refugio is here (use google translate).
A new interview with El Chapo's lawyer Juan Pablo Badillo Soto who has represented him since his capture in Guatemala in 1993 and has filed most of his writs for Amparo is here. He says the prior writs of amparo he filed which were granted require the Government to keep El Chapo safe and prevent him from being tortured.
