{"id":1760,"date":"2025-07-11T18:20:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T18:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theinformantusa.com\/?p=1760"},"modified":"2025-07-11T18:20:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T18:20:56","slug":"son-of-el-chapo-pleads-guilty-to-u-s-drug-trafficking-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theinformantusa.com\/?p=1760","title":{"rendered":"SON OF \u201cEL CHAPO\u201d PLEADS GUILTY TO U.S. DRUG TRAFFICKING CHARGES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ovidio Guzm\u00e1n L\u00f3pez, one of the sons of notorious Mexican drug lord Joaqu\u00edn &#8220;El Chapo&#8221; Guzm\u00e1n, pleaded guilty Friday in a U.S. federal court to charges of drug trafficking, money laundering, and firearms violations. He is the first of \u201cLos Chapitos\u201d \u2014 the sons of El Chapo \u2014 to reach a plea deal with U.S. prosecutors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Federal authorities allege that Ovidio and his brother, Joaqu\u00edn Guzm\u00e1n L\u00f3pez, led a violent faction of the Sinaloa Cartel that was heavily involved in producing and trafficking massive quantities of fentanyl and other drugs into the United States. The synthetic opioid has fueled a deadly overdose crisis, killing tens of thousands annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the plea agreement, Ovidio admitted to overseeing the production and smuggling of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, marijuana, and fentanyl across the U.S.-Mexico border. 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