Ovidio Guzman was briefly arrested in Culiacan within the northern state of Sinaloa in 2019.
Chicago:
Ovidio Guzman, one of many sons of incarcerated Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, pleaded not responsible to U.S. fentanyl trafficking expenses on Monday in federal courtroom in Chicago, in accordance with the Chicago Tribune, three days after his extradition from Mexico.
Guzman, 33, is one among El Chapo’s 4 sons, often known as “Los Chapitos,” who inherited their father’s trafficking empire after his conviction on U.S. homicide and drug expenses in 2019. “El Chapo” Guzman is serving a life sentence in a maximum-security jail in Colorado.
U.S. officers stated Ovidio Guzman’s arrest and extradition represents a major victory within the Biden administration’s marketing campaign to stem the lethal circulate of fentanyl throughout the southern border.
Guzman was briefly arrested in Culiacan within the northern state of Sinaloa in 2019. However President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador ordered him launched after tons of of Sinaloa Cartel gunmen overwhelmed safety forces within the metropolis.
Guzman was captured once more in January after an intense firefight. The U.S. requested his extradition in February.
Fentanyl, a extremely addictive artificial opioid, is responsive for practically 200 American deaths a day, a toll that has strained U.S.-Mexico relations and put home stress on the Biden administration to gradual the unfold of the lethal drug.
The Sinaloa Cartel is primarily liable for manufacturing and exporting fentanyl throughout the border, in accordance with U.S. officers.
In courtroom papers, prosecutors stated Ovidio Guzman and his brothers operated an enormous worldwide trafficking operation that transported medication to the U.S. utilizing airplanes, submarines, fishing boats and rail automobiles and reaped tons of of thousands and thousands of {dollars} in earnings.
The State Division has supplied rewards price thousands and thousands of {dollars} for info resulting in the seize of the Guzman brothers.
“El Chapo” Guzman rose to prominence on the helm of the Sinaloa Cartel and added to his infamy by escaping Mexican prisons not as soon as however twice. He was extradited to the U.S. in 2017 and convicted in federal courtroom in Brooklyn.
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