Federal prosecutors within the US won’t search the demise sentence for Joaquin Guzman Lopez if he’s discovered responsible at trial, courtroom paperwork present.
Federal prosecutors in the US mentioned they won’t search the demise penalty for the son of Mexican drug lord “El Chapo” if he’s discovered responsible of a number of drug trafficking costs when he goes on trial.
In response to media experiences, federal prosecutors in Chicago filed a one-sentence discover on Could 23, saying they’d not search the demise penalty for Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman – the previous chief of Mexico’s feared Sinaloa Cartel who’s serving a life sentence in a US jail.
The discover didn’t provide any rationalization for the choice by the federal prosecutors, or additional particulars.
Joaquin Guzman Lopez, 38, was indicted in 2023 together with three of his brothers – often called the “Chapitos”, or little Chapos – on US drug trafficking and cash laundering costs after assuming management of their father’s drug cartel when “El Chapo” was extradited to the US in 2017.
Joaquin Guzman Lopez’s lawyer mentioned in an e-mail to The Related Press information company on Tuesday that he was happy with the federal prosecutors’ resolution, “because it’s the proper one”.
“Joaquin and I are wanting ahead to resolving the costs towards him,” Lichtman mentioned.
Joaquin Guzman Lopez has pleaded not responsible to the 5 costs of drug trafficking, conspiracy and cash laundering towards him, one in all which carries the utmost sentence of demise because it was allegedly carried out on US territory.
He was taken into US custody in a dramatic July 2024 arrest alongside alleged Sinaloa Cartel cofounder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada on a New Mexico airfield.
Zambada has additionally pleaded not responsible. However his lawyer informed the Reuters information company that he could be prepared to plead responsible if prosecutors agreed to spare him the demise penalty.
One other of the brothers, Ovidio Guzman, is anticipated to plead responsible to drug trafficking costs towards him at a courtroom listening to in Chicago on July 9, in response to courtroom information.
“El Chapo” Guzman is serving a life sentence at a most safety jail in Colorado.
