Ovidio Guzman Lopez is reputed to have taken over the powerful Sinaloa cartel after his father’s arrest.
This frame grab from video, provided by the Mexican government, shows Ovidio Guzman Lopez being detained in Culiacan, Mexico, Oct. 17, 2019.
Ovidio Guzman Lopez, 32, reputed to have taken over the powerful Sinaloa cartel after his father’s arrest seven years ago, was one of four El Chapo sons, nicknamed the “Chapitos,” charged in an indictment unsealed in Chicago earlier this year.Of the sons, Guzman Lopez, who is known as “El Raton,” or “The Mouse,” was the only one in custody.
The Chicago indictment, which was filed under seal in January, alleged Guzman Lopez assumed day-to-day control of the cartel after his father’s arrest in 2016. The indictment accuses the sons of orchestrating the shipment of thousands of pounds of cocaine, marijuana, and other drugs into the U.S. by boat, plane and other means.
Those charges alleged the Sinaloa cartel used jumbo jets, submarines and tunnels to smuggle massive amounts of drugs into the U.S., much of which was later distributed in wholesale quantities in Chicago. The cartel members then laundered billions of dollars in proceeds back to Mexico.on the West Side to working directly for El Chapo before cutting a secret cooperation deal with the government.culminated with Pedro Flores testifying against El Chapo at his trial in New York in December 2018.
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