Tarzana, United States.- Lawyer by day, singer by night. This is how he defines his new routine Mariel Colon Miróthe young criminal who counts the powerful Mexican drug trafficker among her clients Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmanand who has set his sights on making a name for himself outside the courts.
This 31-year-old Puerto Rican also defended the tycoon accused of sex trafficking of minors Jeffrey EpsteinHe is trying to assert himself in the tense market traditional Mexican music under the pseudonym “The lawyer”.
Although the bet may seem implausible to many, the courts and setting for Columbus are similar. And a lot.
“You have an audience that is the judge and jury and you have to convince them of a story,” he explains in an interview with AFP before a presentation at a nightclub in Los Angeles, California.
Another similarity?: “Both are worlds run by men,” he says.
For the charismatic and smiling Colón Miró, the entertainment industry and Mexico have been her two great passions since childhood, but her parents’ obsession “for economic stability” pushed her to study law in New York.
It fascinated him Criminal law when he was still studying at Hofstra University in the Big Apple.
“I realized it was really an achievement too,” he says.
And it seems to be a twist of fate that his first case was that of “El Chapo.”
“Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman. Mexicans,” he remarks, remembering the enthusiastic amazement that this coincidence aroused in him.
Colón Miró met “El Chapo“ when she started as a paralegal for her legal team. Several colleagues have recounted in interviews how her charisma made it easier to connect with the media client who hired her Lawyer once graduated.
The professional doesn’t avoid questions. “It opened a lot of doors for me,” she says today, although she admits that projecting the case initially frightened her.
“For my career [representar a ‘El Chapo’] it was a blessingBecause imagine a criminal defense attorney… you spend 20, 25, 30 years preparing for a case of this magnitude,” he points out.
He rejected criticism he received for defending Epstein and “El Chapo,” arguing that everyone deserves “a worthy defense” under the U.S. Constitution.
“And I also believe in being innocent until proven guilty. That motivates me to do my job,” he says.
Colón Miró received the AFP in his trailer before the presentation in Tarzana, California.
Wearing a black and white denim glamor style suit and fine braids on the sides of her long raven hair, she yawns.
It’s almost midnight and he still has enough time to get on stage.
The agenda is demanding, he says. “It’s not easy, you really have to like it,” he emphasizes.
One of the biggest challenges as an artist is being on the road for long hours. She travels every week from New York – where she lives for work – to Southern California, where she has the bulk of her audience.
Before releasing her first single titled “The lawyer“Colon Miró received the support of all his clients, including “El Chapo” and his wife Emma Coroneltwo of his most enthusiastic supporters.
Colonel, free since September after serving almost two of three years in prison Drug trafficking and money laundering, dedicates emotional posts to her on her social networks, which the lawyer proudly shares.
The support of the Mexican drug lord also opened doors in the music industry: “Absolutely!” says the lawyer.
In addition, he introduces you to the songs before releasing them. “I sing to him all the time,” he admits.
“I think he is happy because he often asks me what I have this week, where I am going to sing and so on,” he says, highlighting his close relationship with his client, who is incarcerated in Florence’s maximum security prison. in Colorado.
“And I think that in a way he lives it with me when I tell him,” concludes Colón Miró.
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