Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin Guzman Lopez—son of imprisoned drug kingpin “El Chapo”—pleaded guilty to federal drug charges on Monday in Chicago, federal prosecutors announced.
Lopez, 39, was charged with one count of drug conspiracy and one count of engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison and a maximum penalty of life in prison.
A sentencing date has not yet been scheduled. Lopez has been detained in U.S. custody since his arrest in July 2024.
Lopez took over as one of the leaders of the Sinaloa cartel in Mexico when his father, Joaquin Guzman Loera, also known as El Chapo, was imprisoned in Colorado….