US EditionWho is Griselda Lopez, El Chapo Guzman's Ex-Wife Who Turned Herself into US Custody with Her Family?
- Seventeen relatives of Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán crossed from Tijuana to San Diego and surrendered to the FBI on May 9, 2025.
- This surrender resulted from Ovidio Guzmán López's plea deal negotiations with U.S. Authorities, which include family relocation requests and possible permanent residency.
- The family carried over $70,000 in cash and included high-profile figures such as Griselda López Pérez, El Chapo's ex-wife, who voluntarily surrendered at the same crossing.
- Mexican Security Minister Omar García Harfuch confirmed no family members were wanted in Mexico, while journalist Luis Chaparro linked the surrender to Ovidio's legal process and warned of escalating cartel conflicts.
- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum stated Mexico received no official U.S. Information about the surrender, implying ongoing uncertainty about the family's legal status and cartel dynamics.
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Ex-wife and 16 family members of drug lord 'El Chapo' surrender to FBI
Seventeen members of the family of convicted drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera crossed the Mexico-U.S. border and turned themselves into Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials last Friday, according to journalist Luis Chaparro. During his online program Pie de Nota, Chaparro said on Monday that Guzmán Loera’s ex-wife Griselda López Pérez and a daughter of the imprisoned former Sinaloa Cartel leader were among those who turned th…
Ovidio Guzmán's family traveled to the U.S. for an alleged "negotiation," says Mexico's security secretary.
By Verónica Calderón, CNN en Español Several members of drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán’s family traveled to the United States as part of a negotiation in the case against one of his sons, Ovidio Guzmán López, Mexico’s Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, Omar García Harfuch, confirmed Tuesday in an interview with Ciro Gómez Leyva on the Mexican network Radio Fórmula. García Harfuch added that the individuals who left the country we…
El Chapo's relatives 'surrender to FBI' as drug lord's son 'makes bombshell move' - The Mirror
At least 17 relatives of Mexican drug lord El Chapo are alleged to have crossed the border into the United States as part of a plea deal with one of his sons over drug trafficking charges
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