Drug Lord El Chapo's Wife Says He Will Die Or Go Crazy After Prison Cut His Love-Making Time

Convicted drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is depressed and suffering hallucinations and memory loss because of harsh conditions in the Mexican prison where he is jailed, according to his lawyers and a psychiatrist who recently visited him.

In the doctor’s report, Guzman who famously escaped two high-security Mexican prisons before being recaptured this year, described a prison cell where the lights are kept on 24 hours a day and his only human contact is with masked guards.

The drug lord who is fighting extradition to the U.S which Mexican officials hope to carry out as soon as January, complained of being awoken every four hours to appear on camera for an inmate roll call.

His attorney, José Refugio Rodríguez, said he received “a desperate message” from Guzman on Friday saying he was suffering hallucinations and “felt he was going to die.” The message prompted Guzman’s wife, Emma Coronel, to file a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission.

She said the conditions could kill him or make him “go crazy” in a matter of months. She also said authorities have gone too far by cutting Guzman’s weekly lovemaking time with her from four hours to two. But authorities deny that his rights are being violated – suggesting that his is merely trying to slow down his extradition.