Ovidio Guzman Lopez, son of El Chapo, brought to US to face drug trafficking charges
A son of the notorious drug lord known as El Chapo arrived in the U.S. on Friday following his extradition from Mexico to face drug trafficking charges, officials said. A son of the notorious drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman arrived in the United States on Friday following his extradition from Mexico to face drug trafficking charges , officials said. Ovidio Guzman Lopez, 33, was charged in April with two dozen others as part of a crackdown targeting a global drug trafficking network run through Mexico's Sinaloa cartel. According to the charges , the cartel used precursor chemicals shipped from China to fuel the fentanyl crisis plaguing the U.S. He was flown to Chicago but is also charged in New York and Washington, D.C. This frame grab from video, provided by the Mexican government, shows Ovidio Guzman Lopez is detained in Culiacan, Mexico, on Oct. 17, 2019. CEPROPIE via AP, FILE Attorney General Merrick Garland said Guzman Lopez was extradited to the U.S. on Friday ...