Joaquín Guzmán López

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Joaquín Guzmán López (born 16 July 1986), better known as El Güero Moreno, is a Mexican former drug trafficker and high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel, a criminal organization based in Culiacán. He is the son of imprisoned drug trafficker Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, considered Mexico's most notorious drug trafficker. Along with his brothers Ovidio Guzmán López, Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar and Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar, he led the faction known as Los Chapitos. Ovidio was arrested in Mexico on January 5, 2023, and extradited to U.S. on September 15 of same year. On 25 July 2024, in El Paso, Texas, Guzmán was arrested by the U.S. authorities along with the well-known drug trafficker Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada. On 30 July, he pleaded not guilty to the charges, one of which carries a maximum sentence of death. Despite the terms of the extradition treaty between Mexico and U.S., he was eligible for the death penalty as he was arrested on U.S. soil. He was also charged with high treason...

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