He doesn't know him and he hasn't been paid by him. El Chapo and his real lawyers said Gonzalez-Mesa filed an Amparo for him without El Chapo's approval. He and another lawyer were fined for filing the petition for falsely stating they represented El Chapo. These are El Chapo's recognized lawyers in Mexico:

[The] attorneys registered by the leader of the Sinaloa cartel are four: José Refugio Rodríguez Núñez, Cynthia Castillo Castillo, Carlos Castillo Castillo and Alejandro Granados; In addition "is asking for the signature for a fifth lawyer named Jorge Olmos Fuentes."

"Mr. José Luis González Meza is at no time being authorized by (Joaquín Guzmán), nor have we registered him in any amparo proceedings, as he is sustaining it," he said. Added the official while questioning how the lawyer Gonzalez has a document signed by Guzman Loera "if you have not been able to see."

El Chapo has enough on his plate to worry about without people coming out of the wordwork claiming a connection to him for their 15 minutes of fame. The U.S. media should be more diligent in its reporting. Fake news is fake news, no matter what the topic.