US EditionSon of ‘El Chapo’ is set for a change-of-plea hearing in US drug case
Joaquín Guzmán López is set to change his plea in a federal case involving trafficking staggering quantities of fentanyl, following his brother’s earlier guilty plea.
- A court document said Joaquín Guzmán López will change his plea Monday in Chicago at 1:30 p.m., according to court papers.
- After his July 2024 arrest in Texas following a private-plane landing, prosecutors built the case on federal authorities describing a 2023 operation sending `staggering` fentanyl quantities into the U.S.
- Ovidio Guzmán López pleaded guilty in Chicago in July to drug trafficking, money laundering and firearms charges, and legal experts called his plea a significant step for U.S. prosecutors.
- Unanswered questions about Guzmán López's plea coincide with unrest in Mexico's Sinaloa state as the court document did not specify his plea and Jeffrey Lichtman did not immediately comment.
- The brothers are accused of assuming their father's former role as leaders of the Sinaloa cartel while Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán is serving a life sentence after his 2019 conviction, a court document said.
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Son of 'El Chapo' Changes Plea in Chicago Court
Joaquin Guzman Lopez, son of notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, pleaded guilty in a US federal court on Monday to drug trafficking charges. The plea was entered during what was supposed to be a status hearing in Chicago, according to court records. Guzman Lopez, one of the...
He has confessed to overseeing the production and trafficking of large quantities of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, marijuana and fentanyl.
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USA TodaySon of 'El Chapo' pleads guilty in US drug prosecution
WASHINGTON, Dec 1 - A son of imprisoned Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman on Monday pleaded guilty in a U.S. drug trafficking case, months after his brother struck a similar deal. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Son of 'El Chapo' set to change plea in US drug prosecution
WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - A son of imprisoned Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was set on Monday to change his not guilty plea in a U.S. drug trafficking case, months after his brother pleaded guilty to similar charges. Read full story
Joaquín Guzmán López, son of ‘El Chapo’, will attend a plea hearing in the U.S. on drug trafficking charges, following the agreement previously reached by his brother Ovidio.
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