Mexico's Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, Omar García Harfuch, has confirmed that 17 relatives Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán entered the United States as part of a negotiated agreement tied to younger son Ovidio Guzmán's legal process with U.S. authorities. Among them is Griselda López Pérez, Ovidio's mother and former wife of El Chapo.
"It is an agreement between a defendant and the authorities," Harfuch said during an interview reported by El País. He then elaborated:
