Son Of ‘el Chapo’ Pleads Guilty To Us Drug Trafficking Charges, Other Crimes

One of nan sons of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, a well-known and powerful Mexican supplier cartel leader, pleaded blameworthy to supplier trafficking crimes Friday, July 11, successful a United States court, nan Associated Press reported.

Ovidio Guzmán López admitted that he helped negociate nan accumulation and smuggling of ample amounts of forbidden narcotics — specifically cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, marijuana and fentanyl — into nan United States.

The elder Guzmán is presently serving clip successful a Colorado supermax situation aft being convicted of aggregate felonies related to cartel crimes successful 2019.

Additional charges and unclear terms

As portion of his plea deal, Guzmán López besides pleaded blameworthy to money laundering and firearms charges. However, according to nan AP, position of nan statement stay unclear, including sentencing recommendations.

These drugs, particularly fentanyl, person been a awesome origin of supplier overdoses successful nan U.S.

Federal consequence to nan fentanyl crisis

“Our nation’s fentanyl situation has devastated individuals and families successful Northern Illinois and passim nan country,” Acting U.S. Attorney Morris Pasqual said successful a February statement aft Guzmán López was indicted. “Our agency will proceed to activity pinch our rule enforcement partners to disrupt nan accumulation and trafficking of fentanyl and different vulnerable narcotics earlier they tin scope much victims.”

Cartel activity and smuggling operations

Prosecutors based on that Ovidio Guzmán López and his relative Joaquín Guzmán López, some sons of El Chapo, were leaders of a portion of nan Sinaloa cartel and smuggled important amounts of nan narcotics into nan country.

Mexican President reacts to U.S. agreement

Jeffrey Lichtman, lawyer for Ovidio Guzmán López, said Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum complained astir not being progressive successful nan process and portion of nan negotiations.

“She felt that nan American authorities should not moreover person negotiated an statement pinch Ovidio Guzmán because she claims that he was a violent and that America doesn’t discuss pinch terrorists,” Lichtman told reporters extracurricular nan courtroom Friday. “In addition, she lastly claimed that she was unhappy that nan Mexican authorities was not informed of various members of nan Guzmán family. None of them were nether suspicion of immoderate wrongdoing wrong Mexico, nan truth that they came to America.”

Brother besides indicted

A expansive assemblage has besides indicted Joaquín Guzmán López, whom Lichtman is defending successful tribunal arsenic well. Lichtman said his lawsuit is presently successful nan find phase.