US EditionSon of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ pleads guilty in US drug trafficking case in deal with prosecutors
Joaquin Guzman Lopez admitted overseeing fentanyl and other drug shipments in a plea deal following his arrest last year, joining his brother who pleaded guilty earlier in 2025.
- Joaquin Guzman Lopez, son of drug kingpin El Chapo, pleaded guilty to US drug trafficking charges as part of a deal with prosecutors.
- Joaquin Guzman Lopez admitted to overseeing the production and smuggling of various drugs, significantly contributing to overdose deaths in the U.S.
- Ovidio Guzman Lopez, Joaquin's brother, was the first to enter a plea deal, admitting to similar charges earlier.
- Legal experts view the plea deal as a crucial advancement for the US government in prosecuting Sinaloa cartel leaders.
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Son Of El Chapo Pleads Guilty, Details Abduction Of A Sinaloa Boss As Part Of Plea
DEA-agent Joaquin Guzman Lopez, leader of Sinaloa Cartel and the son of Joaquin Guzman Loera, AKA El Chapo, pleaded guilty to federal drug charges in Chicago on Tuesday. As part of his plea deal, Lopez revealed how Ismael Zambada, AKA El Mayo, one of the Sinaloa cartel’s leaders, was abducted and turned over to the U.S. government. Guzman Lopez, 39, pleaded guilty to one count of drug conspiracy and one count of engaging in a continuing criminal…
Pleading guilty in US court, son of 'El Chapo' admits to kidnapping Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada in 2024
Joaquín Guzmán López, one of the sons of imprisoned drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera, pleaded guilty to drug trafficking in a U.S. federal court on Monday, 16 months after he arrived at a New Mexico airport in the company of Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada. In Federal District Court in Chicago, Guzmán López also acknowledged that he orchestrated the July 2024 kidnapping of Zambada, who pleaded guilty to drug trafficking …
Son of ‘El Chapo' Pleads Guilty to Drug Charges in Chicago
Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin Guzman Lopez—son of imprisoned drug kingpin “El Chapo”—pleaded guilty to federal drug charges on Monday in Chicago, federal prosecutors announced. Lopez, 39, was charged with one count of drug conspiracy and one count of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison and a maximum penalty of life in prison. A sentencing date has not yet been scheduled. Lopez …
The son of the Mexican baron of drugs Joaquin Guzman known as “El Chapo”, concluded an agreement with American justice by which he blamed drug trafficking and participation in criminal activity. Joaquín Guzmán López is in prison in the United States.
Chapitos Plea Deal Raises More Questions on US Role in El Mayo’s Kidnapping in Mexico
Chapitos Plea Deal Raises More Questions on US Role in El Mayo’s Kidnapping in Mexico A top leader of the Chapitos faction of the Sinaloa Cartel has agreed to cooperate with US prosecutors, marking yet another judicial case that will not go to trial or expose the inner workings of organized crime in Mexico. Joaquín Guzmán López, one of the sons of former Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquín Guzmán Loera, alias “El Chapo,” changed his previous plea of n…
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