Outside the court, ‘El Chapo”s lawyer is making his way in the music industry

Under the pseudonym of ‘The lawyer’the Puerto Rican Mariel Colon Miro now wants to write his name and face among the greats of musical entertainment, just as he did next to him in court his client, Mexican drug trafficker Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.

For Colón, 31, both scenarios are about convincing the audience (the audience or the jury) of a story. “And both are worlds run by men,” he said in an interview with the AFP for a show in Los Angeles, California.

The entertainment industry and Mexico were always her two great passions since she was little, but her parents’ obsession “for economic stability” led her to study law in New York, where she eventually specialized in criminal law. “I realized that it was actually also a performancehe added.

And in what seems like a twist of fate, His first case was that of “El Chapo”.

“It opened many doors for me”

The attorney and client met when she started working as a paralegal for his team of attorneys. Several colleagues have talked in interviews about how her charisma facilitated the connection with the media client who hired her as a lawyer after graduating.

The professional does not avoid questions. “It opened a lot of doors for me,” she says today, although she admits that the projection of the case scared her at first.

“For my career (representing ‘El Chapo’) was a blessing, because imagine a criminal defense attorney who He spends between 20, 25 or 30 years preparing a case of that magnitude.“, the young woman emphasizes He also defended Jeffrey Epstein.

He refutes the criticism he received for defending Epstein and ‘El Chapo’ the argument that everyone deserves “a dignified defense.”, according to the US Constitution. “And I also believe in the fact that One is innocent until proven guilty. It’s what motivates me to do my work.“, he claimed.

One of the biggest challenges as an artist is spending many hours on the road. She travels weekly from New York – where she is based for her profession – to Southern California, where most of the audience has.

Before releasing her first single titled ‘La Abogada’, Colón Miró received the support of all his clients, including ‘El Chapo’ and his wife Emma Coronel, two of his most enthusiastic followers.

The support of the Mexican drug lord also opened doors for him in the music industry: “Definitely!”, says the lawyer. Moreover, he presents the songs to you before you release them. “I sing to him all the time,” he confesses.

“I think he’s happy because he asks me a lot about what I have this week, where I’m going to sing and so on,” he says. highlighting his close relationship with his client, who is incarcerated in the maximum security prison in Florence, Colorado. “And I think when I tell him, he sympathizes with me in a way,” he concluded.