Federal prosecutors within the US is not going to search the demise sentence for Joaquin Guzman Lopez if he’s discovered responsible at trial, court docket paperwork present.
Federal prosecutors in the USA stated 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 expenses when he goes on trial.
In response to media reviews, federal prosecutors in Chicago filed a one-sentence discover on Might 23, saying they might 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 supply any clarification for the choice by the federal prosecutors, or additional particulars.
Joaquin Guzman Lopez, 38, was indicted in 2023 together with three of his brothers – generally known as the “Chapitos”, or little Chapos – on US drug trafficking and cash laundering expenses after assuming management of their father’s drug cartel when “El Chapo” was extradited to the US in 2017.
Joaquin Guzman Lopez’s lawyer stated in an e-mail to The Related Press information company on Tuesday that he was happy with the federal prosecutors’ determination, “because it’s the proper one”.
“Joaquin and I are trying ahead to resolving the fees towards him,” Lichtman stated.
Joaquin Guzman Lopez has pleaded not responsible to the 5 expenses of drug trafficking, conspiracy and cash laundering towards him, one in every of 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 advised 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 predicted to plead responsible to drug trafficking expenses towards him at a court docket listening to in Chicago on July 9, in line with court docket data.
“El Chapo” Guzman is serving a life sentence at a most safety jail in Colorado.
