Wheelie Pumped Up! El Chapo is 'Furious Because He Can't Watch TV While He Exercises in Prison Gym' and When He Can See the Screen it Only Streams One Movie and a Show About a Rhino
- Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman is currently at Metropolitan Penitentiary in NYC
- His lawyers allegedly state that he's frustrated by his inability to watch television while he exercises on the stationary bike at the facility
- He is also reportedly displeased with his channel choices, which only include a nature show about a rhinoceros and one movie that consistently plays
Daily Mail UK, 25 April 2017...
Drug kingpin Joaquin Guzman, better known as El Chapo, is frustrated that he is unable to see a TV screen while he works out behind bars.
New court documents reveal that Guzman is frustrated that there is no television screen in front of his stationary bike for him to watch while he works out at Metropolitan Penitentiary in Manhattan - the only screen is located behind the bike.
And he is further annoyed that the TV only plays one movie and a nature show about a rhinoceros.
New court documents reveal that Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman is frustrated with the fact that the Metropolitan Penitentiary in Manhattan doesn't allow him to watch television while he exercises
Guzman's attorneys previously argued for his right to have a television in the exercise room, but the drug lord is still dissatisfied, documents obtained allege.
Now, they are lobbying to have Amnesty International investigate his living conditions at the New York City prison.
When he appeared in a Brooklyn court in February, his lawyers said the jail conditions imposed on the convicted leader of the Sinaloa cartel were too harsh.
He has escaped maximum security prisons twice in his home country of Mexico.
He was extradited to the United States on the eve of Donald Trump's election
Lawyers say that he's held on 23-hour lockdown, isn't allowed visits with his 27-year-old beauty queen wife or Mexican lawyer, and has even been denied water by his jailers on occasion.
Guzman has been held at the Pearl Street jail in New York since mid-January, where he arrived to female inmates chanting his name.
He was extradited to the United States on the eve of Donald Trump's election.
El Chapo No Mas Rhino! Demands Prison TV Change
TMZ, 18/4/2017 6:05 PM PDT
He's got one question for NY prison officials -- can't a Mexican drug lord stay in shape while watching some quality TV? So far, he says the answer is no.
Chapo's attorneys filed new docs, obtained by TMZ, with fresh complaints about his life inside the Metropolitan Correctional Center. The lawyers say they successfully fought to get Chapo access to a TV inside the recreation room ... apparently, he's a freak for the stationary bicycle.
According to the docs, Chapo's problem is the TV was installed behind the bike -- so when he's burning calories he can only hear the programming. Which is another issue, Chapo says he has no control when it comes to channel surfing. He says the only thing that's ever on is a nature show about a rhino, and another movie that's played over and over and over.
The attorneys say poor Chapo could choose to stand and watch TV during his hour of rec time, but then he wouldn't be able to exercise.
They're demanding Amnesty International be allowed access to inspect his living conditions.
He is due back in court again on 5 May 2017.
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