HIT
HIT THE
HIT THE BARRIER. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE DRIVER
RUNNING FOR SAFETY AS THE FIRE
GROWS.
GROWS.
GROWS. >>> YOU HEAR THE NAME EL CHAPO
AND THINK OF DRUGS AND MURDER,
AND HI+@S LAWYER SAW OUR REPORT
HERE ON WFAA AND TOLD HIS
CLIENT ABOUT IT, AND NOW HE HAS
+@
+@
+@ SOMETHING TO SAY TO US AND YOU.
JASON WHITELY A OIH'
WFAA
>>
>> REPORTER: 482 DAYS NOW SINCE HIS EXTRADITION.
AND+@
AND+@ EL
AND+@ EL CHAPO, CONFINED TO A MAXIMUM EIYJI NNE
YORK HAS BARELY SENTHE LIGHT
OF DAY.
OF DAY.
OF DAY. >+@> HE'S IN HIS CELL 23 HOURS
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. HE
DAY. HE GETS ONE OROFF TO GO
EXERCISE IF THE G+@UARDS FEEL
LIKE LETTING HIM OUT.
HE HAS ACCESS TO NOTHING.
THEY SOLD HIM A LITTLE+@ RADIO
FROM THE CANTEEN,BUT SOMETIMES
HE DOESN'T HAVE BATTERIES SO
IT'S USELESS.
IT'S USELESS. >> REPORTER:HE GOES TO TRIAL
IN SEPTEMBER ON DRUG CHARGES.
WHAT DID YOU SEE HIM DO TO JOHN
WALKER?
WALKER?
WALKER? >> HE GO LIKE THIS.
>> REPORTER: EL CHAPO KILLED A
TEXAS RESIDENT?
TEXAS RESIDENT? >> RIGH
>> RIGH
>> RIGH >> REPORTER: BUT CHAPO MIGHT+@
ALSO FACE MURDER CHARGES BASED
ON WHAT A MAN TOLD US TWO WEEKS
AGO.
AGO.
AGO. DO
AGO. DO YOU FEAR FOR YOUR LIFE RIGHT
NOW?
NOW?
NOW? >>
NOW? >> SURE.
>> SURE.
>> SURE. >> REPORTE:E'S ONE OF THREE
FORMER MEXICAN COPS NOW IN
WITNESS PROTECTION WHO SAY THEY
SAW EL CHAPO TORTURE OR KILL
SEVEN AMERICANS BACK IN THE
1980s, INCLUDING A DENTAL+@
STUDENT FROM FORT WORTH.
CHAPO IS SAID TO HAVE STUCK AN
ICE PICK IN JOHN WALKER, A
VIETNAM VET.
VIETNAM VET. HE JUMPED ON A KIDNAPPED DEA
AGENT BREAKING HIS RIBS AND
PULLED THE TRIGGER ON FOUR
MISSIONARIES MURDERING THEM.
>> T+@HEY WERE ROBBED OF THEIR
LIVE+@S.
LIVE+@S.
LIVE+@S. >> REPORTER: HAVE YOU TA+@LKED
HIM ABOUT OUR REPORT?
>> I SPOKE TO +@HIM BRIEFLY LAS
+@
+@
+@ WEEK.
WEEK.
WEEK. >>
WEEK. >> REPORTER: THIS IS EL CHAPO'S
ATTORNEY.
ATTORNEY.
ATTORNEY. WHAT DID HE SAY?
>> IT'S RIDICULOUS, HE DENIES
IT.
IT.
IT. THE
IT. THE GOVERNMENT SAYS THEY HAVE
NO PLANS TO CHARGE HIM, AND IF
YOU LOOK AT THAT PARTICULAR
LANGUAGE, IT MAKES YOU WONDER
WHAT ARE THEY PLANNING POSSIBLY
AFTER THIS TRIAL THOUGH.
>>
>> CHAPO
>> CHAPO WAS THE BIN LADEN OF THE TRAFFICKING WORLD.
>> REPORTER: BILL JORDAN IS A
FORMER DEA SUPERVISOR +@WHO S+@
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS ARE LIKELY
HOLDING THE MURDERS AS PLAN B
+@IF THEY CAN'T CONVICT HIM ON
DRUG CHARGES.
DRUG CHARGES. >> UNTIL HE'S CONVICTED OF THE
MURDERS THERE'S NO JUSTICE FOR
THE FAMILIES, BUT AS FAR AS
BEING GUILTY, AND I KNOW WE'RE
INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUI+@LTY,
WELL IN +@THIS CASE HE'S GUILTY
UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT.
>> REPORTER: STILL, ALLEGATIONS
OF MURDERING AMERICANS CONCERNS
U.S. SENATOR TED CRUZ.
>>
>> THESE
>> THESE FAMILIES ARE LOOKING FOR JUSTICE, WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN
IN THE CASE?
>> THESE ALLEGATIONS APPEAR
+@
+@
+@ VERY
+@ VERY SERIOUSLY+@ AND NEED TO BE
INVESTIGATED.
INVESTIGATED. THEY NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED,
AN+@D IF THERE'S THE EVIDENCE T
PROVE HE COMMITTED THE MURDERS,
THEN HE NEEDS TO BE PROSECUTED
AND CONVICTED OF MURDER.
>> REPORTER: IN MARCH CHPAP +@
WROTE THIS LETTER TO THE --
CHAPO WROTE THIS LETTER TO THE
JUDGE COMPLAI+@NING ABOUT HIS
CONDITIONS SAYING THEY HAVEN'T
FIXED TWO TEETH AND THEY'RE
VERY PAINFUL, THE AIR IN HIS
CELL IS TOO DRY, A+@ND THE LIGH
IS ON AROUND THE CLOCK.
CHAPO
CHAPO SAID QUOTE, IT IS TORTURE 24 HOURS A DAY.
>> WHAT HE'S SUBJECTED TO IS
REALLY PSYCHOLOGIC+@AL TORTURE
THE ISOLATION HE'S FACED WITH
ON A DAILY BASIS IN HIS CELL 23
HOURS A DAY.
>> REPORTER: COULD THAT
BACKFIRE AND MAKE HIM NOT FIT
FOR TRIAL?
FOR TRIAL? >> THAT'S WHAT WE'LL SEE.
WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE ANOTHER
PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION
PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION PERFORMED TO SEE H+@OW HE IS
COMPARED TO WHEN WE HAD ONE
DONE IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
>>
>> REPORTER: IT IS UNCERTAIN IF CHAP+@O WILL BE FIT TO FACE
JUSTICE.
JUSTICE.
JUSTICE. WHILE MURDER CHARGES AGAINST
HIM ARE STILL NOT OUT OF THE
QUESTION, TWO NEW+@ DEVELOPMENT
IN+@ A CASE WITH EVER EXPANDING
+@
+@
+@ LAYERS.
LAYERS.
LAYERS. JASON WHITELY, CHANNEL 8 NEWS.
>> AS JASON MENTIONED, THE DRUG