Ovidio Guzman Lopez, son of notorious drug lord "El Chapo" arrived to the US on Friday September 15th. He had been previously charged in April and has been wanted by U.S. authorities since 2019. Mexican armed forces had captured Ovidio but ultimately President Andrés Manuel López Obrador ordered his release in order to avoid more bloodshed from cartel gunmen who had retaliated causing chaos. The charges allege that the cartel used precursor chemicals shipped from China to fuel the current fentanyl crisis in the U.S. According to law enforcement officials, the cartel has been responsible for 80% of street drugs flooding metro Chicago streets the past three decades. Ovidio is expected to make his first trial appearance on Monday.
El Chapo arrests: Ovidio Guzman Lopez, flown to Chicago to face drug trafficking charges: sources
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