U.S.-wanted nephew of drug lord "El Chapo" is captured in Mexico
The nephew of notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is sought by U.S. authorities, officials said.
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The nephew of notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is sought by U.S. authorities, officials said.
The U.S. has offered a reward of $5 million for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Aureliano Guzman Loera, known as "El Guano."
Cartels and other criminal organizations in Mexico have increasingly used drones in attacks against rival groups or authorities.
Miami criminal defense attorney Israel Encinosa has been cleared to meet with Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman at the Supermax prison in Colorado.
Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman sent a handwritten note to a federal judge asking to meet with his Miami attorney, as he continue to challenge his conditions in Supermax prison.
Prosecutors allege Joaquin Guzman Lopez and his brother ran a faction of the cartel that has been identified as a main exporter of fentanyl to the U.S.
They are an unlikely duo.
"El Chapo" asked for intervention from the judge in the letter for the "unprecedented discrimination against me."
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.
The Sinaloa cartel founder says he's suffering "psychological torment" in a prison dubbed the "Alcatraz of the Rockies."
Ovidio Guzmán, son of the imprisoned drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, is an alleged drug trafficker wanted by the United States.
