ARIZONA
An indictment against Joaquin Guzman Lopez and Ovidio Guzman Lopez, charging them with a conspiracy to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana for importation into the United States was unsealed last week, according to authorities.
The Guzman Lopez brothers, believed to currently reside in Mexico, are the sons of Joaquin Guzman Loera, aka “El Chapo,” who was convicted by a jury in the Eastern District of New York for his role as the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel.
Joaquin Guzman Lopez, 34, and Ovidio Guzman Lopez, 28, are charged in a one-count indictment alleging that from in or around April 2008, through April 2018, they conspired to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana from Mexico and elsewhere for importation into the United States, officials stated.
This case is assigned to U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras.
The defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.
The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations.
This case is also the result of the ongoing efforts by the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces, a partnership that brings together the combined expertise and unique abilities of federal, state, and local enforcement agencies, according to officials.
The principal mission of the Task Force program is to identify, disrupt, dismantle, and prosecute high-level members of drug trafficking, weapons trafficking, and money laundering organizations and enterprises.