She defended drug lord El Chapo - now, she's running for office3 days ago Share Save Will Grant Mexico and Central America correspondent Reporting from Ciudad Juárez Share SaveBBC Silvia Delgado defended the notorious drug lord, El Chapo. Conspicuously absent from the short biography on her pamphlets is the name of her best-known client: she was the defence lawyer for the notorious drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán. Getty Images El Chapo is currently serving life in prison in the USSilvia Delgado has not been convicted of any crime, is not facing any charges and is not under investigation – whether over her links to El Chapo or anything else. It's not even about whether she's a good person or a bad person," says Mr Meza, referring to Silvia Delgado. It is a company that has criminal and economic interests which are being resolved in the justice system.