War On Cartels Yields Results As 'el Chapo' Heir Confesses To Running Violent Drug Empire

One of nan sons of notorious supplier lord "El Chapo" pleaded blameworthy successful a U.S. national tribunal successful Chicago to awesome supplier charges and moving nan Sinaloa Cartel successful his father's absence.

Ovidio Guzman Lopez, 35, admitted to running portion of nan Sinaloa Cartel, coordinating monolithic supplier shipments, including fentanyl, heroin and cocaine into nan U.S. and utilizing unit to protect cartel operations, according to nan U.S. Attorney's Office for nan Northern District of Illinois.

His plea is portion of a broader national strategy, "Operation Take Back America," aimed astatine dismantling transnational criminal organizations for illustration nan Sinaloa Cartel. 

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"Today’s blameworthy plea is different awesome measurement toward holding nan Sinaloa Cartel and its leaders accountable for their domiciled successful fueling nan fentanyl pandemic that has plagued truthful galore Americans," U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton said successful a news release. 

"We stay committed to dismantling nan Cartel’s full fentanyl infrastructure and ensuring that nan Chapitos and their convulsive statement tin nary longer flood our communities pinch this poison."

Ovidio Guzman Lopez, boy of "El Chapo" and a caput of nan Sinaloa Cartel, pleaded blameworthy to national supplier charges successful Chicago.  (Getty Images)

Guzman Lopez admitted successful nan plea statement that he coordinated nan proscription of cocaine, heroin, fentanyl and different drugs and precursor chemicals from Mexico to nan United States border, astatine times successful shipments of hundreds aliases thousands of kilograms, according to national officials. He utilized a web of couriers affiliated pinch nan cartel to smuggle nan narcotics into nan United States, utilizing vehicles, obstruction cars, tunnels, craft and different means, nan plea statement states.

After nan narcotics were distributed passim nan United States, officials said, individuals moving for Guzman Lopez utilized bulk rate transport, ligament transfers, waste and acquisition of equipment and cryptocurrency to launder nan illicit proceeds and guarantee that nan money was transmitted to Guzman Lopez and different members of nan cartel successful Mexico. 

Guzman Lopez past admitted he and his cartel associates committed convulsive acts against rule enforcement officials, civilians and rival supplier traffickers to protect nan cartel’s drug-trafficking activities.

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Front pages of Mexican newspapers showing nan news of nan seizure of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, successful Mexico City, Mexico, July 26, 2024. (Rodrigo Oropeza/AFP via Getty Images)

As portion of nan plea agreement, Guzman Lopez will besides forfeit $80 million, though his sentencing day hasn't been set.

He is 1 of 4 brothers known arsenic "The Chapitos," who took complete aft their father’s apprehension successful 2016. 

Joaquin Guzman Lopez was arrested past twelvemonth and is being held successful nan U.S. without bail. He pleaded not blameworthy and is waiting for his proceedings successful Illinois.

Ivan Archivaldo Guzman Salazar and Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar are besides facing charges successful Illinois and New York. They person not been arrested yet, and warrants person been issued for their arrests. 

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A motortruck burns aft being group connected occurrence connected a thoroughfare successful Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Jan. 5, 2023.  (AP Photo/Martin Urista)

Federal officials praised nan blameworthy plea, saying "with each passing day, you are seeing nan sunset of nan Sinaloa Cartel." 

"The Chapitos’ latest unit reflects their fading future. Their leaders who stay free are now paranoid, distrusted and desperate," U.S. Attorney Adam Gordon wrote. 

The U.S. State Department has issued rewards of up to $10 cardinal for accusation starring to their arrests and convictions. 

"The blameworthy plea by Ovidio Guzman Lopez, boy of ‘El Chapo,’ is simply a existent triumph for some nan United States and Mexico but besides a clear triumph for nan norm of law," said Acting Special Agent successful Charge for Homeland Security Investigations Arizona Ray Rede.  

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"So overmuch humor and unit laic pinch nan Guzman family arsenic good arsenic spreading panic and plaguing some sides of nan separator pinch deadly narcotics and weapons — nary more. It’s intolerable to measurement nan magnitude of activity HSI and partner agencies person spent successful securing this blameworthy verdict, but what is clear and evident is that nary 1 is beyond nan scope of rule enforcement and our nation’s laws. Deliberate and coordinated teamwork resulted successful today’s victory."

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