A son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera pleaded guilty Friday to federal drug charges in Chicago under a deal with the U.S. government.

Ovidio Guzmán López, 35, was captured in Mexico and extradited to the United States in 2023.

Prosecutors have accused Guzmán López and three of his brothers — known as “Los Chapitos” or “little Chapos” — of taking over their father’s role in the Sinaloa cartel following his arrest.

Last month, the U.S. State Department sanctioned the Los Chapitos faction of the cartel, which it said was “at the forefront of trafficking fentanyl into the United States.”

— The Washington Post