Drug kingpin El Chapo's son enters plea in multibillion-dollar drug trafficking case

Joaquín Guzmán López, lad of cartel brag Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, pleaded blameworthy successful a Chicago national courtroom Monday to drug-trafficking and continuing transgression endeavor charges, according to reports.

Guzmán López, 39, is among the alleged Chapitos, the radical of brothers who took implicit a large faction of the Sinaloa cartel aft cause kingpin El Chapo’s 2019 condemnation and beingness sentence.

FBI, LAPD BUST VIOLENT MEXICAN MAFIA-LINKED GANG: ‘THE ERA OF CARTELS IS OVER,’ KASH PATEL SAYS

El Chapo's son, Joaquín Guzmán López, pleads blameworthy to cause trafficking charges (U.S. Department of State / AP)

Prosecutors accidental the brothers accrued the accumulation and organisation of narcotics, including fentanyl, and created a monolithic pipeline that funneled tens of thousands of kilograms of drugs into the U.S. each year, per reports.

In court, wearing an orangish jumpsuit, Guzmán López replied erstwhile Judge Sharon Coleman asked astir his occupation: "Drug trafficking," helium said, the Associated Press reported.

"Oh that’s your job," Coleman replied. "There you go," she said.

5 MS-13 GANG MEMBERS FOUND GUILTY IN STRING OF GRUESOME CALIFORNIA KILLINGS, BODIES DUMPED OFF CLIFFS

Drug trafficker Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman successful Mexico successful 2014. (Susana Gonzalez/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Guzmán López pleaded blameworthy to 2 counts of cause trafficking and continuing transgression endeavor aft acknowledging his relation successful overseeing the transporting of drugs to the U.S., mostly done underground tunnels.

Guzmán López's lawyer said the plea woody allows his lawsuit to debar an automatic beingness sentence, according to the Associated Press.

CARTEL LEADER ADMITS THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CARTEL CRACKDOWN HAS MADE THEIR LIVES DIFFICULT

Jeffrey Lichtman, an lawyer for Joaquin Guzman Lopez, speaks to reporters aft his lawsuit appeared successful US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois connected Monday, Dec. 1, 2025 successful Chicago.  (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Prosecutors said they would see reducing his punishment further if helium cooperates, though helium inactive faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years and loses the close to appeal.

Guzmán López was arrested successful July 2024 alongside longtime cartel fig Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada aft landing connected a backstage pitchy successful Texas.

DEA IN ATLANTA USING NEW LAB TO PROCESS FEDERAL DRUG SEIZURES AS FIGHT AGAINST CARTEL HEATS UP

People protested implicit cause kingpin Joaquin Guzman Loera, aka "el Chapo Guzman." (Fernando Brito/AFP via Getty Images))

As portion of his plea, Guzmán López besides admitted taking portion successful a convulsive kidnapping linked to cartel infighting.

Prosecutors said helium ordered a model sheet removed truthful equipped men could tempest a meeting, hood the victim, believed by immoderate to beryllium Zambada, cause him, and alert him to New Mexico.

Monday’s plea follows a akin statement reached months earlier by his brother, Ovidio Guzmán López, connected trafficking and money-laundering charges.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP

El Chapo himself remains successful a maximum-security U.S. situation serving beingness without parole for moving a multibillion-dollar trafficking empire. Prosecutors accidental his lad stepped into his role.