{"id":35941,"date":"2025-07-01T23:44:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/son-of-notorious-cartel-leader-el-chapo-to-plead-guilty-in-u-s-drug-trafficking-case\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:44:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:44:41","slug":"son-of-notorious-cartel-leader-el-chapo-to-plead-guilty-in-u-s-drug-trafficking-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/son-of-notorious-cartel-leader-el-chapo-to-plead-guilty-in-u-s-drug-trafficking-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Son of notorious cartel leader &#8220;El Chapo&#8221; to plead guilty in U.S. drug trafficking case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin &#8220;El Chapo&#8221; intends to plead guilty to drug trafficking charges in the U.S., according to court documents filed Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors allege Ovidio Guzman Lopez, along with his brother, Joaquin Guzman Lopez, ran a faction of the cartel known as the &#8220;Chapitos,&#8221; or little Chapos, that exported fentanyl to the United States. The Chapitos and their cartel associates have allegedly used corkscrews, electrocution and hot chiles to\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/el-chapo-sons-fed-rivals-to-tigers-corkscrews-electrocution-hot-chiles-torture-justice-department-says\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">torture their rivals<\/a><\/span>\u00a0while some of their victims were &#8220;fed dead or alive to tigers,&#8221; according to a 2023 U.S. indictment.<\/p>\n<p>Ovidio Guzman Lopez&#8217;s father is Joaquin &#8220;El Chapo&#8221; Guzman, the former leader of the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/sinaloa-cartel-father-son-drug-kingpins-charged-pedro-inzunza-noriega-pedro-inzunza-coronel\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Sinaloa cartel<\/a><\/span> who smuggled mountains of cocaine and other drugs into the United States for over 25 years. &#8220;El Chapo&#8221; is now <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/el-chapo-guilty-verdict-today-trial-of-notorious-drug-lord-joaquin-guzman\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">serving a life sentence<\/a><\/span> in a maximum security prison in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Ovidio Guzman Lopez was arrested in <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ovidio-guzman-lopez-el-chapo-son-extradited-to-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Mexico in 2023<\/a><\/span> and extradited to the United States. He was charged in federal court in Chicago with money laundering, drug and firearm offenses. <\/p>\n<p>Rumors had <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/sinaloa-cartel-leader-family-enters-us-deal-trump-administration-mexico\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">circulated in May<\/a><\/span> that Ovidio Guzm\u00e1n Lopez would plead guilty to avoid trial.<\/p>\n<p>He previously pleaded not guilty, but online court records indicate he is scheduled to appear in court on July 9 to change his plea as part of a deal with prosecutors. Court documents filed Tuesday indicate he intends to plead guilty after word of a possible deal was disclosed during an October hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Ovidio Guzman Lopez would be the first of the brothers to enter a plea deal.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/sinaloa-cartel-leader-ismael-el-mayo-zambada-arrested-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Joaquin Guzman Lopez<\/a><\/span> is also in U.S. custody. He and another longtime Sinaloa leader, Ismael &#8220;El Mayo&#8221; Zambada, were arrested in July in Texas after they landed in the U.S. on a private plane. Joaquin Guzman Lopez has pleaded not guilty to charges including money laundering, drug dealing and conspiracy to distribute drugs. Zambada also pleaded not guilty. Federal prosecutors <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/el-chapo-son-wont-face-death-penalty-us-joaquin-guzman-lopez\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">said in May<\/a><\/span> they wouldn&#8217;t seek the death penalty for Joaquin Guzman Lopez if he&#8217;s convicted of multiple charges.<\/p>\n<p>The wife of &#8220;El Chapo&#8221; was released from <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/el-chapo-wife-prison-release-emma-coronel-aispuro-mexico-drug-lord\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">prison in 2023<\/a><\/span> after she was sentenced to 36 months in prison following her 2021\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/wife-of-el-chapo-emma-coronel-aispuro-arrested-on-drug-trafficking-charges\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">arrest<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The men&#8217;s dramatic capture prompted a surge in violence in Mexico&#8217;s northern 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