Joaquín Guzmán López, son of Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán, pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking charges in Chicago court Monday.
Joaquín Guzmán López, son of cartel boss Joaquín « El Chapo » Guzmán, pleaded guilty in a Chicago federal courtroom Monday to drug-trafficking and continuing criminal enterprise charges, according to reports.
Guzmán López, 39, is among the so-called Chapitos, the group of brothers who took over a major faction of the Sinaloa cartel after drug kingpin El Chapo’s 2019 conviction and life sentence.
Prosecutors say the brothers increased the production and distribution of narcotics, including fentanyl, and created a massive pipeline that funneled tens of thousands of kilograms of drugs into the U.
