Ovidio Guzman, son of imprisoned Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was extradited to the U.S. on Sept. 15 to face fentanyl trafficking charges. He has been indicted in New York, Chicago and D.C. on federal charges of trafficking fentanyl, cocaine, heroin and other illegal drugs to the United States. While U.S. prosecutors have called Ovidio Guzmán a major fentanyl trafficker, it wasn’t clear he would be tried any time soon for that crime. AdvertisementTheir father, Joaquín Guzmán, 66, was found guilty by a federal jury in New York in 2019 of drug trafficking, money laundering and weapons charges. The hunt for Ovidio Guzmán was a long and painful exercise for the government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Source: Washington Post September 17, 2023 02:27 UTC