US imposes sanctions on son of drug kingpin El Chapo

(FILES) This file photo handout by the US Department of Justice received February 19, 2019, shows Mexican drug baron Joaquin El Chapo Guzman, one of the world's most notorious criminals, as he was extradited to the United States on January 19, 2017 to face charges. Prosecutors on Friday July 5, 2019 said they were seeking $12.7 billion from convicted Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin El Chapo Guzman, based on a conservative estimate of revenues from his cartel's drug sales in the United States. (AFP)


Reuters, Washington/Mexico City
Published: 09 May ,2023: 07:59 PM GST
Updated: 09 May ,2023: 08:53 PM GST

The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a son of former Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the Treasury Department said.

El Chapo, who was leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, is currently serving a life sentence in a US prison. The sanctions allege Joaquin Guzman Lopez, one of the four sons to carry on their father’s drug empire after his arrest and extradition to the United States, oversees “super labs” to traffic drugs into the US.

Guzman Lopez could not be immediately reached for comment.

Guzman Lopez’s brothers Ivan Archivaldo Guzman Salazar, Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar and Ovidio Guzman Lopez were charged last month in the US with running a fentanyl trafficking operation fueled by Chinese chemical and pharmaceutical companies.

Ovidio was arrested this year in Mexico, where he is being held in a maximum-security lockup awaiting extradition.

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