Mexican President Sheinbaum sues El Chapo's American lawyer
Story by Michael Loria, USA TODAY • 5h
CHICAGO — The government of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is suing El Chapo's American defense lawyer after the attorney cast doubts on her efforts to fight corruption and cartels.
Sheinbaum told reporters in Mexico on July 15 that the country is suing Jeffrey Lichtman, a New York-based litigator best known for defending Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán and his sons, Ovidio Guzmán López and Joaquín Guzmán López. The defamation lawsuit comes in response to comments by Lichtman indicating that his Sinaloa Cartel clients could shed light on public corruption in Mexico connected to Sheinbaum's Morena political party.
"Moral and political authority is required to govern Mexico, and to be worthy of our people. So, the certainty of that authority — my history speaks for me," Sheinbaum said. The agency that filed the suit is the Legal Counsel of the Federal Executive, or Consejero Jurídico del Ejecutivo Federal in Spanish, she said.
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