Mexican armed forces have captured and arrested Ovidio Guzmán, an alleged major fentanyl trafficker following in the footsteps of his notorious father, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, The Washington Post reports. Guzmán's second detention in recent years comes just days ahead of President Biden's planned visit to Mexico.
The United States State Department described Guzmán as "a high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel" in a press release issued at the end of 2021. The State Department alleges that he is one of several sons of El Chapo who have taken prominent roles in the cartel after their father was extradited to the U.S. in 2017. The U.S. has been seeking the extradition of Ovidio Guzmán and his brother since the Justice Department indicted them for conspiring to distribute drugs in 2018. The State Dept. offered a "reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Ovidio Guzmán-López."
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