El Chapo’s sons discussing plea with US government: Lawyer
Al Jazeera
Joaqin Guzman Lopez and his brothers are accused of taking the reins of the Sinaloa cartel after their father’s arrest.
The sons of notorious drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman are in talks to cut a plea deal with United States prosecutors, according to their lawyer.
The news was unveiled during a court hearing in Chicago on Monday for El Chapo’s younger son, Ovidio Guzman, who, along with his brother Joaquin Guzman Lopez, is accused of helping run the Sinaloa cartel his father once led and funnelling massive amounts of narcotics into the US.
The Guzman brothers – along with two other siblings still in Mexico – make up the “El Chapitos” faction of the feared cartel. Both have pleaded not guilty in prior court hearings.
Their father “El Chapo” is serving life in prison in a supermax facility in the US state of Colorado for a massive drug conspiracy.
