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"Pandora's Box" Opens/ El Chapo's Son's Testimony Could Shock the Mexican Government

2025-07-17 15:45:23Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Ovidio Guzmán López, the son of notorious drug trafficker Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, has pleaded guilty to multiple charges of drug trafficking and running a criminal organization.

More than an act of repentance, this cooperation with US authorities could open "Pandora's box" and reveal the links between the Sinaloa Cartel and corrupt Mexican officials, writes A2 CNN.

Guzmán López, known as one of the top leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel's "Los Chapitos" faction, appeared in federal court in Chicago, where he pleaded guilty to four major charges. According to the indictment, he and his three brothers took over the cartel after the arrest and extradition of El Chapo in 2019. The cartel, considered one of the largest drug trafficking organizations in the world, has earned hundreds of millions of dollars from the production and distribution of fentanyl in the United States.

After the court hearing, his well-known lawyer, Jeffrey Lichtman, harshly attacked the Mexican government, accusing it of colluding or failing to act on the cartel's crimes for more than four decades.

He criticized the fact that Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, was never arrested until one of El Chapo's sons reportedly convinced him to surrender at the US border.

Mexico's new president, Claudia Sheinbaum, responded by suing Lichtman for defamation, declaring: "I will not engage in a dialogue with a drug trafficker's lawyer." But the war of words did not stop there. In a post on the X network, Lichtman said that Sheinbaum behaves more like "the public relations office of a criminal organization than an honest leader."

However, former top US DEA official Ray Donovan sees the situation differently. He described Ovidio Guzmán's cooperation as a historic opportunity for Mexico to rebuild its institutions and confront the corruption entrenched in the system. According to him, Sheinbaum has the capacity and integrity to lead this reform and strengthen the partnership with the US.

A key element in this story is the fact that Ovidio’s decision to cooperate came just a few months after 17 members of his family, including his mother, sister, wife, and children, crossed the border into the United States under federal protection. According to Donovan, these strategic moves by “Los Chapitos” gave them an opportunity to negotiate and survive politically and economically in the new context.

While the future of the cartel remains unclear, one thing is certain: Ovidio Guzmán's testimony could expose big names and target high-ranking politicians and officials in Mexico. Whether Claudia Sheinbaum can turn this crisis into a historic moment of reform remains to be seen. But the battle between law, corruption, and cartel power has just entered a new and dangerous phase.


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