Ovid Gusman Lopez, son of Joaquin El Chapo, Four charges related to drug trafficking were announced this Friday. Before the Chicago court, as part of an agreement on the fault with the US authorities, which were not disclosed.
Thus, known as the “mouse” resigns from the trial, declaring himself guilty of four charges of organized crime and drug trafficking on the 12th floor of the Chicago Court. Guzman admitted that he helped control the production and smuggling of a large amount of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, marijuana and fentanil in the United States.
Thus, Ovid Gusman became the first son of Chapo, who reached an agreement on the fault with the United States. With your agreement on cooperation with the authorities, The prosecutor’s office requests a reduction in his condemnation so that it is “less than the conclusion of a lifelong imprisonment”As long as the drug dealer continues to provide “substantial assistance” to the authorities with the help, information and evidence.
Nevertheless, the person responsible for determining the sentence will be judge Sharon Coleman, who will make this decision six months later. She should also check the recommendation of defense and prosecutor’s office, which Ovid Gusman pays $ 80 million as a fine.
Within one and a half hearing, he was helped with the simultaneous translation from English to Spanish, and he answered all the questions of the federal judge Chicago Sharon Coleman in Spanish. The drug dealer turned out to be thin, with a short beard and lenses in an almost complete room, in which many Mexican media were even after he was asked by the judge, He answered affirmative that he was the leader of the Cartel Sinal And that he participated in the abduction and death of three people and laundering of money.
Historical declaration
The Judge of the United States “Historical” described a statement about the fault of the drug dealer. “Historical confirmation of guilt From today, another clear message has been sending that this government will put an end to transnational criminal organizations and demand duties to its members and employees with the highest rank, ”said Andrew Burtos, the US financial director for the northern district of Illinois, in a statement by the Ministry of Justice (Ministry of Justice).
For his part, Jay Claithon, the Federal Prosecutor of the Southern District of New York, emphasized that the guilty statement of Gusman Lopez is “another important step to hold the Cartel Sinaloa and its leaders” for “feeding the fentany epidemic that has mastered so many Americans.”