Powerful Mexican cartel leader was lured onto airplane before U.S. arrest

7/5/2025 7:36

Mexican drug lord Ovidio Guzman has reached a plea deal with U.S. authorities over drug trafficking charges he faced in the Northern District of Illinois, U.S. court records showed on Tuesday.



Ovidio, son of the convicted Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, was considered one of the leaders of the famed Sinaloa Cartel until he was captured and extradited to the U.S. in 2023.



According to U.S. authorities, Ovidio and his brothers, known collectively as "Los Chapitos," ran an extensive drug trafficking operation and "allegedly reaped hundreds of millions of dollars in profits by flooding the United States with fentanyl."