Mexican drug trafficker Joaquín Guzmán López, son of Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, pleaded guilty this Monday in a U.S. federal court to drug trafficking-related charges, after having proclaimed himself innocent last year. Guzmán López, alias El Güero, pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and organized crime charges in a District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, in the city of Chicago. According to media present at the hearing, Guzmán López claimed responsibility for overseeing the distribution of drugs such as cocaine, heroin, or fentanyl while leading a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel alongside his brother Ovidio. Following his guilty plea, the Mexican will cooperate with U.S. Justice, and will return to court on June 1, 2026, as ruled by the case's judge, Sharon Johnson Coleman.
