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El Chapo is being reminded that blood isn’t all the time thicker than water. The drug kingpin’s sons are allegedly negotiating plea offers with the USA authorities.
As noticed on Newsweek, the 2 offspring of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán are mentioned to be working with the court docket system on agreements that may primarily reduce their jail time. Again in 2019, their notorious father was sentenced to life in jail plus 30 years for overseeing a seamless prison enterprise, the Sinaloa Cartel, a Mexican organized crime syndicate. Since then, federal prosecutors alleged that Ovidio Guzmán López, 34, and Joaquín Guzmán López, 38, took over the operation after their father was captured in 2016.
In 2023, the siblings have been each named in indictments by federal prosecutors claiming they have been principals in a fentanyl-trafficking operation. The “Chapitos” have since been arrested in 2024, each initially pled not responsible to varied prices. On Tuesday (Jan. 7), attorneys confirmed the 2 are negotiating plea agreements. “We want a bit extra time,” Assistant U.S. Lawyer Andrew Erskine mentioned in court docket. “We’re making an attempt to discover whether or not there could be a world decision.” The authorized skilled didn’t remark additional.
Ovidio Guzmán López is due in court docket Feb. 27. Joaquin Guzmán López is due in court docket March 19. El Chapo is at present serving his time in a ADX Florence, an excellent most jail in Colorado.
No plea deal — but — for El Chapo’s sons, per report from their court docket look right this moment in Chicago… https://t.co/2oDNGIE1QV
— Keegan Hamilton (@keegan_hamilton) January 7, 2025
El Chapo’s Sons Are Negotiating Pleas With US Authorities
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