Pablo RochaLegal consultant Ministry of Foreign Affairscategorically rejected Jeffrey Lichtman, lawyer from Ovid GusmanThe son of a drug dealer Khoakin El Chapo Gusman.
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We will not fall into provocations or debate with lawyers about recognition and convicted drug traders who are only striving for fame. “
Categorically rejected the statements of Jeffrey Lichtman.
We will not fall into provocations or debate with lawyers about recognition and convicted drug traders who are only striving for fame.
– PABLO RROCHA (@PARROCHA25) July 12, 2025
Shanbaum describes the “disrespectful” statement of the lawyer Ovidid Gusman
A President of Mexico, Claudia SheinbaumHe called this Friday the “disrespectful” statement of the lawyer of the drug dealer Ovidio Guzmán, Jeffrey LichtmanWhich called the “absurdity” the position of the Mexican government for the request for participation in the agreement on the fault of the son of Hoacin “El Chapo” Gusman in the United States.
After his client declared himself guilty in the Chicago court for four positions in exchange for cooperation with information about the Carter of Sinaloa Lichtman, who accused Mexico of ignoring other protected drug trafficking figures.
In response, the Shanbaum said that his government did not establish “the relationship of Contubernio or complicity with someone.”
The lawyer’s statements, first, say that they are disrespectful about the presidential institution, ”said the President of Mexico at the press conference in the Sinaloa.
The Lichman also asked that Mexico would strive to take part in the agreement when the government of former President Andres Manuel Lopez Dodor (2018-2024) “violated the bilateral agreement” with the United States, when he justified General Salvador Sinfuegos, after he asked him to extradite him during the investigation of drug trafficking in the United States.
President Claudia Shainbaum He recalled that Gusman has an arrest warrant in Mexico and was extracted from Mexico to the United States in 2023, so its slopes with Mexican justice are being reviewed by the Prosecutor General’s Office (FGR).
“This does not comply with the government, but directly to the prosecutor’s office,” he said.
FGR Mexicana asks for evidence
For his part, the FGR indicated that the trial, during which Ovidio Guzmán, the son of El Chapo, was possible only thanks to the “tasks performed by the Mexican authorities, having received initial detentions and focusing on the national territory that were issued”, which demonstrate the “commitment of our country and our country”.
The prosecutor’s management rejected the “absolute and strong” statements of Lichtman, which called “unfair disqualification expressed by irresponsible, without providing evidence”.
Judge Sharon Coleman will pronounce his sentence within six months, and, as expected, the guzman will avoid lifelong prison, gaining access to cooperation with justice.
Nevertheless, the US prosecutor indicated that he would ask for a minor fine than the eternal if the guzman meets his cooperation, and asked for a fine of $ 80 million, although Judge Coleman would determine the final proposal and the final amount.
