At the first hearing of Ovidio Guzmán after his capturehis defense attorneys demanded that drugs be allowed into the Altiplano prison, since it was revealed that the Son of Joaquín “el Chapo” Guzmán suffers from anxiety and depression.
On January 5, Ovidio Guzmán was arrested. The hearing then took place on Friday January 6th at the Cereso No.1 Altiplano in Almoloya de Juárez where it was ordered Pre-trial detention for extradition purposes.
During the trial, his lawyers, Juan Clemente Morales, Alberto Díaz Mendieta and Julio Seguro García, said the detainee was in need medication and that he is on a special diet.
At the end of the hearing, Ovidio Guzmán’s right-backs told the media that Joaquín Guzmán Loera’s son recently had an operation Stomach problems so you only eat certain foods.
That’s what the lawyers argued at the hearing Ovidio Guzmán reportedly suffers from illnesses such as anxiety and depressionand that’s why he needs the medicine.
The defense declined to divulge his client’s medical condition to the press, but it was one of the main points of the hearing.
The federal judge has determined that the necessary studies are being conducted Ovidio Guzmán to determine what special care he needs and what medication he should be taking.
What happened at the first hearing of “El Ratón”?
During the almost two-hour hearing of federal judges granted the suspension against solitary confinement, thus in this way Guzmán able to communicate with their loved ones, in addition to meetings with their right-backs.
It also ruled that “El Ratón,” as he is also known, should not be immediately handed over to the United States government, which has accused him of conspiring to distribute marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine.