Overview
- A federal docket notice canceled the Sept. 15 in‑person status hearing and reset it for Nov. 13, 2025 at 10:30 a.m. before Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman in the Northern District of Illinois.
- The change marks at least the fourth date shift this year, after earlier moves from June to July and then to September, reflecting continued pre‑plea negotiations.
- Guzmán López faces multiple federal counts in Chicago, including drug trafficking, organized crime, money laundering and firearms offenses.
- U.S. prosecutors formally notified the court on May 23 that they will not seek the death penalty in the case.
- News outlets report he is negotiating a plea agreement that could include cooperation, as his brother Ovidio recently pleaded guilty in the same court and is cooperating with authorities.