According to prosecutors, Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of past Sinaloa drug gang head El Chapo, entered a not-guilty plea on Tuesday in response to numerous allegations relating to one of the world’s largest illegal drug activities.
Guzman Lopez pleaded not guilty during a short 10-minute receiving before US District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman in an peach suit before being presented with a petition in Chicago federal prosecutor. After that, the judge ordered him to remain in custody until the test begins. Guzman Lopez faces the death sentence if he is found guilty of the charges against him.
Guzman Lopez was detained on Thursday in Texas after being apprehended in an reportedly orchestrated by Washington without Mexico’s consent. According to the admin US Attorney’s office in a speech to AFP, the presiding judge denied bail, put him in prison, and set a scenario control reading for September 30.
Some features of the arrest activity, which even led to the fear of Ismael Zambada Garcia, known as” El Mayo”, a co-founder of the gang, and his subsequent shift to US prison, remain unclear. Zombada has even entered a not-guilty plea and been held in custody.
According to US law enforcement sources who were cited by media sources, Guzman Lopez, one of El Chapo’s four children, allegedly lured Zambada across the Mexican border without making an effort. A US Drug Enforcement Administration ( DEA ) report released in May suggests that the sons were engaged in an “internal battle” against Zambada, their father’s former partner.
According to court records, Guzman Lopez was charged with pharmaceutical trafficking, money laundering, and arms acts by a federal grand jury. CNN reported that Jeffrey Lichtman, Guzman Lopez’s attorney, informed reporters that his client faces the death sentence in the case. Lichtman did not respond to AFP’s request for comment.
Guzman Lopez, who is in his 30s, is one of El Chapo’s children collectively known as Los Chapitos, or” The Little Chapos”. El Chapo, who was found guilty of drug trafficking in New York in 2019, is now serving a life word in a maximum security prison.
Anne Milgram, the DEA captain, stated that Zambada’s imprisonment” hits at the heart of the gang that is responsible for the majority of medicines, including fentanyl and methamphetamine, killing American from coast to coast”.
