Overview

• He pleaded guilty on July 11 to four counts of drug trafficking and racketeering under a Rule 20 cooperation deal with the U.S. Justice Department.
• The agreement included the forfeiture of more than $80 million in cartel assets seized by federal authorities.
• On July 14 he was moved from a Chicago federal lockup to an undisclosed safehouse managed by U.S. Marshals and the Bureau of Prisons.
• His testimony and intelligence sharing are central to U.S. efforts to dismantle the Sinaloa Cartel’s fentanyl supply networks.
• Mexican officials have publicly objected to being excluded from plea negotiations and President Claudia Sheinbaum has filed a defamation suit against his attorney.