(CNN) An attorney for Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has a message for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz: The recently convicted drug kingpin is not paying for the wall.

In a response to the piece, El Chapo's attorney, Jeffrey Lichtman, said that is unlikely to happen.

"Sen. Cruz surely knows that the government has seized none -- not a penny -- of Mr. Guzman's assets so getting him to pay for the wall is ludicrous," Lichtman said Sunday. "There's a better chance of Mr. Cruz paying for the wall."

He declined to comment on Guzman's assets.

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