![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/el-chapos-son-pleads-not-guilty-to-drug-charges-as-he-appears-in-us-court/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0_xlat110-1_172.jpg&description=Ovidio Guzmán López, son of the infamous drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzmán, appeared in court for the first time since his extradition to the US from Mexico last week The son of infamous drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán, the billionaire head of the Sinaloa drug cartel, appeared in court for the first time since his extradition to the US last week and pleaded not guilty to several federal charges. Ovideo Guzmán López was captured in Caliacuan, the capital of Mexico's Sinaloa state, by the Mexican authorities in January, then extradited last Friday to Chicago to face accusations of money laundering and drug trafficking and a slew of other charges, which are outlined in a series of indictments unsealed in April. The court documents accuses Guzmán López, who is known as "the Mouse," and 27 other cartel members, including his brothers, the "Chapitos," of driving the cartel toward the production and selling of fentanyl and methamphetamines, powerful synthetic drugs that have taken the US by storm in recent years, leading to what many experts are referring to as the "fourth wave" in the opioid epidemic. For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US Much of said synthetic drugs were produced and shipped out of Calicuan, the documents allege, where the Sinaloa cartel has historically based its operations. The indictments argue that the newer drugs became the focus of the cartel's business after the Chapitos' father, El Chapo, was arrested and sentenced to life in prison in the US in 2019, at which time the Chapitos, including the Mouse, took over the cartel. On Monday, the short, small 33-year-old appeared before US District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman in a Chicago courtroom, wearing an orange jumpsuit and slippers, his legs shackled and his hands bound. He hunched forward into the microphone placed before him and pleaded not guilty via a translator. The entire ordeal was over in about 15 minutes, and Guzmán López remained){kind=link}
Ovidio Guzmán López, son of the infamous drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán, appeared in court for the first time since his extradition to the US from Mexico last week
The son of infamous drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán, the billionaire head of the Sinaloa drug cartel, appeared in court for the first time since his extradition to the US last week and pleaded not guilty to several federal charges.
Ovideo Guzmán López was captured in Caliacuan, the capital of Mexico’s Sinaloa state, by the Mexican authorities in January, then extradited last Friday to Chicago to face accusations of money laundering and drug trafficking and a slew of other charges, which are outlined in a series of indictments unsealed in April.
The court documents accuses Guzmán López, who is known as “the Mouse,” and 27 other cartel members, including his brothers, the “Chapitos,” of driving the cartel toward the production and selling of fentanyl and methamphetamines, powerful synthetic drugs that have taken the US by storm in recent years, leading to what many experts are referring to as the “fourth wave” in the opioid epidemic.
For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US