A hacker working for drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán helped the Sinaloa Cartel track an FBI agent and monitor potential informants, according to a federal watchdog report released Thursday.
Several relatives of Ovidio Guzmán López, the son of drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, crossed into the U.S. last week and surrendered to federal authorities — a move that Mexican officials say likely stems from a cooperation deal with the Justice Department.
Joaquín Guzmán López, the son of the notorious crime boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking and other charges Tuesday.
Two leaders of Mexico’s deadly Sinaloa Cartel, including the son of the notorious crime boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, were arrested by American law enforcement officials, the Justice Department said Tuesday.
Ovidio Guzman Lopez, a son of former Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, has been extradited to the United States to face drug trafficking, money laundering and other charges, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced in a statement.
Just days after he was added to the DEA’s most wanted list, a fentanyl trafficker with ties to the sons of “El Chapo” Guzman was found dead this week outside of a public hospital near Sinaloa in Mexico.
Jack Riley, the former DEA special agent who led the capture of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in 2016, said he wishes the former Mexican cartel leader was sentenced to death.
The Justice Department leveled numerous charges against four sons of notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and 24 other members of the Sinaloa Cartel.
