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Weekly Report - 17 July 2025 (WR-25-28)
MEXICO: El Chapo’s son pleads guilty
Ovidio Guzmán López has become the first of the sons of imprisoned former Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán Loera to plead guilty in a US court. The guilty plea indicates that Ovidio will cooperate with US authorities in exchange for a lighter sentence. The plea comes at a difficult time for the Cártel de Sinaloa, which has been engulfed by an internecine conflict since September 2024, sparked by the arrest in the US of Ovidio’s brother, Joaquín Guzmán López, and cartel co-founder Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada García. Any information provided by Ovidio will likely weaken the cartel further. The case has also highlighted the mistrust that persists in the bilateral security relationship, with President Claudia Sheinbaum bemoaning a lack of information about the case from US authorities.
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