For a second time this year, a son of infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán pleaded guilty to U.S. drug trafficking charges. It was the case of Joaquin Guzmán López, who followed the footsteps of his brother Ovidio Guzmán López, who had reached a plea deal with U.S. authorities in July.
After months of negotiations and multiple postponements to his hearing, Guzmán López, also known as "El Güero," pleaded guilty to two counts of drug trafficking and continuing criminal enterprise as a member of Los Chapitos, the Sinaloa Cartel faction led by other sons of El Chapo, who have run the family business since their father's arrest in 2016.
