Son of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ pleads guilty in US drug trafficking case in deal with prosecutors
Joaquin Guzman Lopez admitted to coordinating large-scale fentanyl and other drug smuggling into the U.S., a crisis linked to tens of thousands of overdose deaths annually.
- A son of the notorious Mexican drug kingpin 'El Chapo' pleaded guilty to U.S. drug trafficking charges in a deal with prosecutors.
- Known as the 'Chapitos,' Joaquín Guzmán López and his brother are accused of running a faction of the Sinaloa cartel and sending 'staggering' quantities of fentanyl into the U.S.
- Joaquín Guzmán López admitted to overseeing the production and smuggling of large quantities of drugs into the U.S., contributing to tens of thousands of overdose deaths annually.
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Mexican drug trafficker Joaquín Guzmán López, son of Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, pleaded guilty this Monday in a U.S. federal court for drug-related crimes after having been declared innocent last year. Guzmán López, alias El Güero, pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and organized crime charges in a District Court for the North of Illinois, in the city of Chicago. According to the media that were present at the hearing, Guzmán López claimed respo…
Joaquín Guzmán López, son of ex-narco Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán Loera, pleaded guilty this Monday at a court hearing in Illinois, Chicago.Guzmán López, who surrendered to the authorities at the end of July 2024, pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and organized crime charges after having declared himself innocent last year.Joaquín Guzmán López was arrested on July 25, 2024, along with Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, when they got off a plane in the Uni…
Son of "El Chapo" pleads guilty to U.S. drug trafficking charges in deal with prosecutors
As part of the plea deal, Joaquin Guzman Lopez admitted to helping oversee the production and smuggling of large quantities of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, marijuana and fentanyl into the U.S.
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