‘El Chapo’ son Ovidio Guzmán López pleads not guilty to US drug and money laundering charges

Published September 18, 2023 12:30 PM

By MICHAEL TARM
Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) — A son of former Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán has pleaded not guilty in federal court in Chicago. The not guilty plea from Ovidio Guzmán López came Monday during his initial court appearance after being extradited from Mexico on Friday to face drug trafficking, money laundering and other charges. Mexican security forces captured Guzmán López in January in Culiacan, capital of Sinaloa state. Three years earlier, the government had tried to capture him, but aborted the operation after his cartel allies set off a wave of violence in Culiacan.

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