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Son of ‘El Chapo' pleads guilty in US drug trafficking case

Son of ‘El Chapo' pleads guilty in US drug trafficking case

Toronto Star11-07-2025
CHICAGO (AP) — A son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin 'El Chapo' pleaded guilty Friday to U.S. drug trafficking charges. He is the first of El Chapo's sons to enter a plea deal.
Prosecutors allege Ovidio Guzman Lopez and his brother, Joaquin Guzman Lopez, ran a faction of the Sinaloa cartel. They became known locally as the 'Chapitos,' or little Chapos, and federal authorities in 2023 described the operation as a massive effort to send 'staggering' quantities of fentanyl into the U.S.
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