Group tied to El Chapo’s sons reportedly orders halt to manufacture of fentanyl in Mexico, but experts are skeptical

This frame grab from video, provided by the Mexican government, shows Ovidio Guzman Lopez being detained in Culiacan, Mexico, in October 2019. (AP)

A faction of the Sinaloa cartel led by the sons of imprisoned Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera reportedly has ordered a halt to the cartel’s production of fentanyl — the deadly drug blamed in at least 1,825 deaths in Cook County last year.

Reuters and the Wall Street Journal have reported that the group, known as “the Chapitos,” is demanding that fentanyl suppliers dismantle their factories in Mexico or face death.