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Ovidio Guzmán López to Plead Guilty in New York Federal Drug Case

A July 1 court filing reveals his plan ahead of a change-of-plea hearing in Chicago scheduled for July 9

Ovidio Guzman Lopez
This screenshot of a handout video released by the Mexican government shows the moment Ovidio Guzman was arrested on October 17, 2019
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Overview

  • Court records filed July 1 in the Southern District of New York show Guzmán López intends to plead guilty to fentanyl trafficking charges
  • He faces separate drug trafficking and money laundering charges in the Northern District of Illinois and is due to change his plea there on July 9
  • Prosecutors allege he led the Sinaloa cartel’s fentanyl division as part of the Chapitos faction alongside his brother
  • Guzmán López was extradited from Mexico to Chicago in 2023 to face federal indictments spanning multiple districts
  • His plea deal would mark the first by one of El Chapo’s sons and could bolster U.S. efforts to dismantle the cartel’s synthetic opioid network