"I prefer" El Chapo "to a Mexican politician": the fury of Lichtman's lawyer against "simulation" of the trial and corruption in Mexico

"This is the last interview I give on the Joaquín & El Chapo Guzmán affair," said Mexican drug trafficker Jeffrey Lichtman's defense attorney., in an interview with a Mexican media, in which he rose violently against politicians, corruption in the country and the conditions of the trial that resulted in the conviction of his client.

"It was a trial simulation, a circus," said the lawyer, famous for leading the defense of other known criminals. "It was very clear that they wanted to condemn him at all costs and we had to pretend that it was a fair trial, but it was never for me: the case was over before we started."

Lichtman also denounced the connivance of the Mexican authorities with drug trafficking, the protection of these against Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada – also leader of the cartel of Sinaloa – and the lie of the former Mexican presidents when they deny their relations with traffickers drug.

He baderted that it was impossible to think of the level of impunity of the cartels without the cooperation of the police, politicians and judges in Mexico. "It makes no sense to know how Zambada's" Mayo "has been free for so long, says the lawyer.

He even said the US government called him when he had his son in jail. "Do they have the ability to have" Mayo "on the phone but can not find it?"

Lichtman He urged Mexican politicians and governments that he accused of excessive corruption and links to drug trafficking..

"He was not a witness, there were several," said Lichtman, who challenged the former presidents to sue him. in the case of Felipe Calderón, undergo the polygraph test to prove his statements against the charges against him during the trial, some claimed that he had received bribes from drug traffickers.

"I took a polygraph test, we both took a test and one of us will pbad and the other will not be"said the lawyer, convinced that he" will never take it ".

He said that "it was very frustrating to see politicians (Mexicans) lamenting that they will sue because I am here! Come and start a lawsuit. Nothing would make me happier than being sued by a Mexican politician accused of corruption. " the lawyer said in a frank defiant attitude.

The lawyer said that during the trial, he even tried to get more information about political corruption in Mexico, but "they detained us," he added. "Prosecutors have done everything to prevent the Mexican government from being ashamed".

This was agreed during the trial so as not to embarrbad officials from other countries, "But now I'm unattached, so I can say that they did everything they could to take care of the Mexican government." There were government letters saying that we were destroying the relationship with Mexico. "

The charges did not come from me, said Lichtman. "This comes from the witnesses that the US government put there because I knew that they were telling the truthSo it is they who talked about corruption in Mexico, which is perhaps the most corrupt country I have ever seen in my life. "

The lawyer expressed so much contempt for corruption in Mexico that he even described the politicians as "animals" and even declared surprised that "People do not get up and hang on, because frankly that's what they deserve."

Lichtman lamented that "Mexicans are plunged into the shit of their politicians, judges, police and even some soldiers," and recalled that during the trial there were witnesses who even claimed that the army was involved in drug trafficking with Beltran Leyva.

He said that if there were elements to try and condemn "El Chapo", there should also be elements against politicians and former presidents, because It is not possible for them to tell the truth about the drug dealer and to lie about the rest. "Either they tell the truth or they lie in everything, it's one thing or the other," he said..

The lawyer said that Officers in his country warned him that he could not come to Mexico because he was at risk. "Do you think I want to go to this dumpster?", He told the reporter.

He said that Mexico, as a country, He was also on the dock and was "sentenced, but nobody cares".

He acknowledged that prior to the trial against "El Chapo", he was against the wall proposed by US President Donald Trump. "But after seeing what happens in Mexico, they should build a wall 100 feet wide" so that "their politicians" do not pbad.

–Do you prefer "El Chapo" to a Mexican politician? – asked the reporter.

"Without thinking, I prefer" El Chapo "to a politician, because at least with "El Chapo", you know what's going to happen, and with the politicians, they're not lying to you, they're always lying to you, "he said.

Despite your opinion, Lichtman said that if they asked him, he would represent someone. "I have represented worse"he said.

For an hour of conversation, Lichtman also spoke about the personality of "El Chapo", his attitude during the trial and the conditions that await him in prison.and announced that he would appeal in the hope of a triumph.

In the interview that he gave to the Mexican journalist Adela Micha for the Financial Television, Lichtman said that there was too much evidence against "El Chapo", "more than in any case that I took"he said.

"We received the documents and the file very late, our interrogations were more limited than usual, and there was so much evidence that we could not get everything ready before the trial because we had received the case a month before the start of our work."he said.

Lichtman said that He did everything for "El Chapo", but there was no chance of winning. Nevertheless, he said that his client "is good, very positive, optimistic, full of hope", because "it is not the type to sink in sorrow".

He stated that despite the conditions of the maximum security prison into which he will be transferred, its conditions can not be worse than what is now subject to New York.

"Nothing can be worse than it does now, it is impossible," said the lawyer.

Lichtman also expressed his sympathy for his client and said that all the witnesses were of the same opinion, except one who said he hated it. "The majority said it was good and that it is, the leaders are generally nice."

He said that throughout the trial "El Chapo" he was "very respectful of the court, he behaved like a gentleman at the trial".

He even said that he had never seen a guy so calm under this pressure. "The only thing I regret about the case, is that I would have liked to make known "El Chapo" in its nature, so to speak, I would have killed to see it in the mountains of Culiacán in 2013"