Several family members of Mexican drug trafficker Joaqu\u00edn \u201cEl Chapo\u201d Guzm\u00e1n have entered the United States as part of negotiations in a case against one of his sons, Mexico\u2019s Security Secretary Omar Garc\u00eda Harfuch told the Mexican network Radio F\u00f3rmula on Tuesday. <\/p>\n
El Chapo\u2019s son Ovidio Guzm\u00e1n L\u00f3pez is facing drug trafficking charges in the US over his alleged role in the Sinaloa Cartel, which his father co-founded. Ovidio was extradited to the US in September 2023, several months after Mexican authorities arrested him in a large-scale operation that resulted in at least 29 deaths. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s clear that with his family going to the United States, it\u2019s connected to this negotiation or plea deal opportunity provided by the (US) Department of Justice itself,\u201d Garc\u00eda Harfuch told Radio F\u00f3rmula. <\/p>\n
Garc\u00eda Harfuch added that the relatives who left the country were not wanted by Mexican authorities. <\/p>\n
Ovidio is one of four sons of El Chapo who have been charged in the US with various crimes over their alleged roles in the Sinaloa Cartel. <\/p>\n
Collectively known as \u201cLos Chapitos,\u201d the brothers are thought to have been brought into the cartel as teenagers to learn the ins and outs of the organization, according to the think tank InSight Crime. Their roles became more prominent around the mid-2010s, roughly when their father was captured and extradited to the United States. <\/p>\n
Another son of El Chapo, Joaqu\u00edn Guzm\u00e1n L\u00f3pez, is also in US custody. He was arrested in July 2024 when he flew into the United States on a private plane from Mexico alongside Ismael \u201cEl Mayo\u201d Zambada, a co-founder of the cartel who the brothers had been at odds with. <\/p>\n
Mexico Secretary of Security Rosa Icela Rodriguez said in August that Joaqu\u00edn had reached an agreement with his brother Ovidio \u201cso that they would go to the United States to surrender.\u201d <\/p>\n
Two other sons of El Chapo, Ivan Archivaldo and Jesus Alfredo Guzm\u00e1n Salazar, are still at large. The US has accused them of leading large-scale drug trafficking operations for the cartel and has issued $10 million bounties for information leading to each of their arrests. <\/p>\n
Mexican forces had previously arrested Ovidio in a 2019 operation that ended in failure. Shortly after he was detained in October of that year, the cartel quickly mobilized dozens of gunmen to battle Mexican authorities and try to free him. <\/p>\n
Ovidio was eventually released on the orders of then-President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador to stop the violence. He then went into hiding until his second arrest and eventual extradition in 2023. <\/p>\n
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