Overview

• Ovidio Guzmán López admitted on July 11 in Chicago to two counts of drug conspiracy and two counts of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise.
• He is the first son of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán to reach a plea agreement with federal prosecutors.
• The guilty plea was entered under a coordinated multi-district deal covering indictments in the Northern District of Illinois and the Southern District of New York.
• Guzmán López agreed to forfeit $80 million and is detained pending sentencing as he prepares to assist law enforcement in ongoing cartel investigations.
• His admission highlights the vast fentanyl trafficking network run by the Sinaloa Cartel and underscores interagency efforts under Operation Take Back America to cripple transnational drug operations.