From Defense Lawyer For ‘El Chapo’ To Successful Ranchera Singer – Above the Law

Ed.
note:
Welcome
to
our
daily
feature,

Quote
of
the
Day.

[My
work]
opens
doors
for
me
because
of
the
morbid,
because
of
people’s
curiosity
…
They
want
to
understand
this.
I’ve
always
told
people
that
Mariel
is
a
singer
who
became
a
lawyer.

[People
ask]
how
I
can
do
this
job,
that
I’m
part
of
the
mafia,
how
can
I
sleep
at
night?
I
don’t
care
what
they
say
about
me.
I
sleep
very
well
at
night.

—

Mariel
Colón,
defense
lawyer
to
drug
kingpin

Joaquín
“El
Chapo”
Guzmán,
in
comments
given
to
the

Associated
Press,
on
her
budding
music
career
under
the
stage
name
of
“Mariel
La
Abogada”
(Mariel,
the
Lawyer).
Colón
told
the
AP
that
while
she
wanted
to
be
a
singer,
her
family
insisted
that
she
become
a
lawyer.

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