Mysterious letters allegedly from 'El Chapo' arrive at Brooklyn federal court; lawyers deny he wrote them
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More than 20 handwritten letters in English, allegedly signed by imprisoned Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, have been sent to the federal court in Brooklyn where he was tried and convicted. The letters pose a mystery because El Chapo is functionally illiterate, having dropped out of school around third grade, and evidence from his trial showed he communicated with underlings in broken Spanish. His lawyers say he did not write them, raising questions about who is sending them and why.
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'I don't know who did,' Lichtman said of the letters.
'He's functionally illiterate,' said a former U.S. law enforcement official who worked on the case.
More than 20 handwritten letters attributed to Sinaloa cartel leader 'El Chapo' have been sent to his trial venue. But his lawyers say he didn't write them.
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