After the dramatic operation to arrest one of El Chapo's
sons, Joaquin Guzman Lopez entered a plea of not
guilty to drug trafficking charges in US. Court in
Chicago. The son of convicted Mexican drug lord Joaquin
El Chapo Guzman also delivered his father's former partner to
us authorities as part of the arrest after they landed
in this plane near El Paso, Texas. Guzman
Lopez was indicted in 2023 with three of his brothers
on us drug trafficking and money laundering charges involving their
assumption of leadership of their father Sinaloa Cartel after his
2017 extradition to the United States, El Chapo was
convicted on murder and drug charges in 2019 and is
serving a life sentence. US. Authorities have said
the sons revived their father's drug empire after he was
arrested. Guzman Lopez was taken into along with Ismael
, El Mayo Zambada. The 76 year old accused
drug kingpin who founded the Sinaloa cartel together with El
Chapo Zamata also pleaded not guilty to drug charges in
Federal court. Us. Officials familiar with the situation
said Guzman Lopez duped Zambada into boarding a propeller plane
in Mexico by saying they were going to scope out
real estate in the country's north. Instead, the
plane brought both men to the United States where Guzman
Lopez had planned to surrender. But Zambada had not
. Zamba A's lawyer disputes this and says that Guzman
Lopez forcibly kidnapped Zambada and brought him to the United
States against his will. Mexico has opened an investigation
into the events leading to the arrest. The country's
security minister said the Mexican government was not involved in
the operation and was told only on the day of
the arrests that Guzman Lopez would surrender.