Overview
- Judge Trevor McFadden scheduled the next status hearing for Miguel Ángel and Omar Treviño Morales for May 1, 2026, in Washington, D.C.
- A separate hearing on November 3, 2025, will examine a potential conflict of interest involving defense attorney Eduardo Balarezo.
- Prosecutors reported nearly five million evidence files, including roughly 490,000 intercepts, with additional material arriving from Mexico and other sources.
- The government said it expects most discovery to be organized by late 2025 or early 2026 as the case moves toward potential trial preparation.
- Co-defendant Alfredo Rangel Buendía, known as El Chicles, is in active plea discussions, while the Treviño brothers remain in separate facilities under SAMs that their defense argues hinder preparation.