"El Chapo" son pleads guilty to drug trafficking charges
A son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin "El Chapo" pleaded guilty Monday to U.S. drug trafficking charges, months after his brother entered a plea deal.
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A son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin "El Chapo" pleaded guilty Monday to U.S. drug trafficking charges, months after his brother entered a plea deal.
A son of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman pled guilty in a U.S. drug trafficking case at a hearing in Chicago Friday.
The son of notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking charges Friday at a hearing in Chicago.
Ovidio Guzman Lopez, a son of notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, is expected to plead guilty in a sweeping U.S. drug trafficking case at a court hearing set for Friday.
Ovidio Guzman López is facing narcotics trafficking charges.
Ovidio Guzman López is facing narcotics trafficking charges.
The son of infamous Sinaloa cartel drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was in federal court in Chicago where he pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking and other charges on Tuesday.
It is not clear why El Chapo's son may have betrayed him.
It is not clear why El Chapo's son may have betrayed him.
Ovidio Guzmán López was extradited Friday, five months after U.S. prosecutors unsealed sprawling indictments against him and his brothers, known collectively as the "Chapitos."
It comes just two days after the wife of "El Chapo" was released from a federal prison in Texas after serving a three-year sentence for helping to run her husband's drug operation.
Her release comes after serving nearly two years for drug trafficking and money laundering charges.
Prosecutors said both women spent $165,000 on private school tuition for their children, as well as nearly $100,000 on travel expenses.
Known collectively as "the Chapitos," they are accused of taking over control of the Sinaloa cartel after their father was arrested in January 2016 and extradited to the U.S. one year later.
Chicago in particular, as a transportation hub, has been one of the cities hardest hit by the fentanyl crisis. CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey reports.
