The story of Emma Coronel beyond 'Chapo' Guzmán 2:11
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The United States Department of State offers a reward of up to US $ 5 million for information that may lead to the arrest and / or conviction of four of the children of the former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán : Ovidio Guzmán López, Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar, Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar and Joaquín Guzmán López.
"All four are high-ranking members of the Sinaloa cartel and each is subject to federal indictment for their involvement in illicit drug trafficking," read a press release issued by the State Department on Wednesday.
Who is Ovidio Guzmán López, son of Chapo Guzmán?
The US authorities say that after the arrest of the Mexican drug trafficker "there is a legacy of 'chapitos', who have risen positions in the Sinaloa cartel but also other cartels have been empowered. This is the case of the Jalisco Nueva Generación cartel," said Ray. Donovan, DEA special agent.
Ovidio Guzmán, who is believed to have an important role in the Sinaloa Cartel, is known as “El Ratón” or “Ratón Nuevo” and along with his brother Joaquín were accused by the Department of Justice of conspiracy to distribute drugs in order to send them to the US
Both are reported to have imported large shipments of marijuana, methamphetamine and cocaine into the United States.
This makes Ovidio an important and active piece, along with his other brother, Iván Archivaldo, known as “El Chapito”, within the Sinaloa Cartel, as shown in the following diagram of the US Department of Treasury elaborated in 2012.
US Department of the Treasury
"El Chapito" was arrested in 2005 in Mexico and accused of money laundering, but years later he was released when the evidence against him was dismissed.
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His brother Jesús Alfredo is on the DEA's most wanted list for crimes related to drug trafficking.
Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán was sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years in 2019 for participating in an ongoing criminal enterprise, as well as drug and firearms trafficking charges as the leader of the Sinaloa cartel.
He is currently being held in a prison in Florence, Colorado.
His wife Emma Coronel was sentenced on November 30 to three years in prison and four years of supervised release, along with a US $ 1.5 million forfeiture, in connection with drug trafficking and money laundering charges related to the El Chapo's narcotics empire.
With information from Guillermo Blanco.
Joaquin El Chapo Guzman Drug Traffickers