The world's most notorious drug kingpin, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman , sent a handwritten note last month to the federal judge overseeing his case, demanding to meet his Miami attorney.

The note, written in Spanish, was sent to U.S. District Court Judge Brian Cogan of the Eastern District of New York, claiming the federal government was keeping him from seeing his new lawyer, Israel Encinosa — a longtime South Florida criminal defense attorney.

Encinosa was initially hired by Guzman to represent him on an old criminal case in South Florida. Soon after Encinosa filed his appearance in the Miami case and sought access to Guzman, federal prosecutors dismissed the South Florida charges. Guzman, nevertheless, said he still needs to review other legal matters with Encinosa.

Late Thursday a

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