Federal prosecutors within the US won’t search the dying sentence for Joaquin Guzman Lopez if he’s discovered responsible at trial, courtroom paperwork present.
Federal prosecutors in the US stated they won’t search the dying penalty for the son of Mexican drug lord “El Chapo” if he’s discovered responsible of a number of drug trafficking fees when he goes on trial.
In accordance with media stories, federal prosecutors in Chicago filed a one-sentence discover on Might 23, saying they’d not search the dying 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 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 known as the “Chapitos”, or little Chapos – on US drug trafficking and cash laundering fees 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 right one”.
“Joaquin and I are wanting ahead to resolving the costs in opposition to him,” Lichtman stated.
Joaquin Guzman Lopez has pleaded not responsible to the 5 fees of drug trafficking, conspiracy and cash laundering in opposition to him, considered one of which carries the utmost sentence of dying 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 can be keen to plead responsible if prosecutors agreed to spare him the dying penalty.
One other of the brothers, Ovidio Guzman, is anticipated to plead responsible to drug trafficking fees in opposition to him at a courtroom listening to in Chicago on July 9, in keeping with courtroom data.
“El Chapo” Guzman is serving a life sentence at a most safety jail in Colorado.