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Ovidio Guzmán, Son of 'El Chapo,' to Plead Guilty July 9 in Illinois on Fentanyl Drug Charges

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Updated May 9, 2025, 12:27 AM

Ovidio Guzmán López, son of former Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, has reached a plea agreement with U.S. federal prosecutors in the Northern District of Illinois. He is scheduled to enter a guilty plea on July 9, 2025, on multiple drug trafficking charges, including allegations related to fentanyl distribution in the United States. The plea deal reportedly involves Guzmán providing information to U.S. authorities and is expected to offer him certain legal and penitentiary benefits. This development follows months of negotiations involving Ovidio and his brother Joaquín Guzmán López, as well as other Sinaloa Cartel leaders like "El Mayo" Zambada, who are also reportedly negotiating with U.S. prosecutors to avoid life imprisonment or the death penalty. The announcement of the plea deal has coincided with increased violence in Sinaloa, Mexico, including clashes between cartel factions and federal forces, as new alliances form within the cartel's structure.

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🇲🇽 | Violence erupted across Mexico's Pacific state of Sinaloa after one of El Chapo's sons agreed to cooperate with US prosecutors and a new alliance formed between Chapo Isidro and the Mayiza faction of the Sinaloa Cartel. Learn more about Chapo Isidro: https://t.co/MRpubTwrMh https://t.co/g6j4PZHCo8