translated from Spanish: I celebrate that ‘El Chapo’ wants to give his money to the poor: AMLO

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador celebrated that Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán wishes to donate his assets to indigenous communities in Mexico.
At his morning conference, the representative said that these assets should not be seized and stayed in the United States.
“I liked the statement, I don’t know if it’s true, I can’t verify it, but if it’s as it came out in the media, that a lawyer states that Guzman Loera wants his wealth to be handed over to the indigenous communities of Mexico, I see it well, I celebrate it” López Obrador said.
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Last July, Guzmán Loera was sentenced to life in prison and 30 years more for drug trafficking and organized crime offences. Then the U.S. government said it would seek to confiscate the king’s fortune, estimated at about $14 billion. 
Following the ruling of ‘El Chapo’, the Mexican government proposed to the United States the creation of a binational group to seize the fortune of Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán.
According to the EFE agency, José Luis González Meza, one of the king’s lawyers, stated that Guzman Loera told his mother and sisters that he wanted the assets sought by the US government to go to indigenous communities. So your defense will seek to return these resources to Mexico.
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“He said that the money does not belong to the United States but to the Government of Mexico and that he fully agrees that the money should return to Mexico, with a plea to the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, that that money should go to indigenous communities” , the lawyer explained, according to the Spanish agency.
López Obrador said that “no matter will stop litigate when it comes to money that remains in the United States and that can be up to Mexicans. We will take all necessary legal action.”
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Original source in Spanish