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'El Chapo' gripes about cash flow ahead of Sept 5 trial

Mexican drug trafficker Joaquin Guzman Loera aka "El Chapo Guzman" is escorted by marines in Mexico City in this photo taken on February 22, 2014. Amnesty International is worried about El Chapo jail conditions in New York. FILE PHOTO | RONALDO SCHEMIDT | AFP

By  AFP

What you need to know:

  • The problem stems from rules that govern what Guzman can talk about in limited telephone contact with his family.

  • The rules prevent him from issuing a requests or order, and "the rules prohibit me from telling somebody else to do something, so we're on a Catch-22," the lawyer said.

NEW YORK,

Accused Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is struggling to pay his legal fees, his lawyer said Thursday as a US judge set his trial for September 5.

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