Mexican Drug Lord El Chapo’s Son Pleads Guilty to U.S. Drug Trafficking

Joaquín Guzmán López, son of notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán on Monday pleaded guilty to U.S. drug trafficking charges.

Guzmán López, 39, pleaded guilty to two counts of drug trafficking and continuing criminal enterprise in overseeing the transport of tens of thousands of pounds of drugs into the United States.

He and his younger brother Ovidio stand accused of running a faction of the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel that held efforts to send a “staggering” amount of fentanyl into the United States.

U.S. prosecutors detailed the two brothers assumed leading positions of the Sinaloa drug cartel after the arrest of their father…

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