“El Raton”, son of the drug trafficker “El Chapo”, pleads guilty of drug trafficking in the United States

One of the sons of the famous Mexican drug trafficker Joaquin «El Chapo » Guzman pleaded guilty on Friday to drug trafficking leaders as part of an agreement with American justice, according to court documents and local media. Nevertheless, Known as “The mouse”Ovidio Guzman. For example. Similarly, 35, is the only one of the four sons of the founder of the Sinaloa cartel, who serves him a life sentence in the United States, to have heard with American justice.

Ovidio Guzman had been captured in January 2023 in a spectacular operation which had left at least 29 dead. Moreover, sparked intense exchanges of gunshots between the Mexican police forces and “el raton”, son drug trafficker new men in arms in Culiacan, in northwestern Mexico. He had been extradited in the United States nine months later. has been having a “el raton”. son drug trafficker reduction in sentence since last October with the prosecution, while Washington accuses the fentanyl traffic cartel to the United States, where this synthetic drug caused tens of thousands of deaths by overdose.

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“Precious information” – "el raton", son drug trafficker

According to local media. Ovidio Guzman. his lawyers signed the agreement on Friday which was ratified in the process by a Federal Court of Chicago. This agreement could allow Guzman to serve a sentence less severe than that of his father. sentenced in 2019 to life prison. and to the American authorities to obtain “Precious information” On the Sinaloa cartel, AFP Mike Vigil, a former operations chief of the Federal Anti -Drogue Agency (DEA), told AFP.

Ovidio Guzman could. for example. deliver information on the origin of the chemical precursors used by the cartel for the production of methamphetamine and fentanyl, or on political and business worlds who ensure “el raton”, son drug trafficker its protection. Ovidio Guzman’s brother. Joaquin Guzman Lopez. another important member of the Sinaloa cartel, could also reach an agreement with American justice and serve, if it is not already the case, of a constituent.

Joaquin Guzman Lopez was arrested in July 2024 with Ismael Zambada, alias «May»the co -founder of the cartel, Texas, very close to the Mexican border, after landing on site on a private plane. Zambada said he was trapped by Joaquin Guzman Lopez. caught up, kidnapped “el raton”, son drug trafficker new and forcefully taken to the plane to be handed over to the American authorities. In the wake of this arrest. clashes have multiplied between the two cartel factions (that of the Guzman brothers. that of Zambada) to give around “el raton”, son drug trafficker 1,200 dead in Mexico and some 1400 missing, according to official figures.