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(CNN) - Ovidio Guzmán López is the son of jailed drug trafficker Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán and his second wife, Griselda López. It is believed to have an important role in the Sinaloa cartel, according to the United States Department of the Treasury.
In February, Ovidio Guzmán López was accused by the United States Department of Justice of conspiracy to distribute drugs to be imported into the United States, along with his brother Joaquín Guzmán López, 34.
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Prosecutors said that from April 2008 to April 2018, the brothers conspired to distribute cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamine from Mexico and other places to be imported into the United States.
In July, his father, who was the leader of the powerful Sinaloa cartel, was sentenced to life imprisonment plus 30 years in the United States.
Guzman was convicted in February on 10 federal charges, including murder conspiracies, administration of a continuing criminal enterprise and other drug-related charges.
He was considered the "most powerful drug trafficker in the world" by the Department of the Treasury and his criminal enterprise spanned continents and caused bloodshed throughout Mexico.
In 2015, Guzmán Loera escaped dramatically from prison in Mexico, riding a motorcycle through a tunnel that had been excavated in his cell at the federal maximum security prison in the Altiplano.
Ray Donovan, the DEA special agent who led the effort of 22 agencies that led to the capture of Guzman, told CNN in February that the Sinaloa cartel still supplies the vast majority of US drug markets.
"In fact, the children of Chapo have now risen to the ranks of the Sinaloa cartel and have taken over the entire Chapo organization," he said.
Natalie Gallón reported from Mexico City, Leyla Santiago reported from Washington DC, Maria Santana reported from New York, Helena DeMoura reported from Atlanta and Helen Regan wrote from Hong Kong.
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