“A hearing in person of status has been established for January 9, 2026 at 11 in the morning to establish a date for sentence. The guilt agreement is accepted,” says the modified order.
This occurs after Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán accepted his fault before the United States court on July 11 in four positions: money laundering, possession of gambling weapons, operating a criminal company to traffic fentanil in the United States and being the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel.
He also reached an agreement to avoid life imprisonment in exchange for delivering information about his illicit activities in Mexico and the United States. Once you give that data, Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman will estimate whether or not her statements will be able to eliminate what is related to the Sinaloa cartel.
So far the whereabouts of Ovid Guzmán López is unknown. On July 15, the Federal Prison Agency of the United States reported that “El Mouse” is no longer in custody of the Federal Prison Bureau (BOP) and its departure was recorded on July 14.
Given this, the Secretary of Citizen Security and Protection, Omar García Harfuch, said that the leader of “Los Chapitos” is in custody of the US government.
“It is confirmed that Ovid is not free. He is still in custody and in prison. He was arrested by Mexican authorities and delivered to the United States under the extradition treaty,” said the Secretary of State on July 22.
This agreement generated me between the government of Claudia Sheinbaum and Ovidio Guzmán’s lawyer, Jeffrey Lichtman.
The president criticized the lack of transparency of the United States in the process against “the mouse” and mentioned that US authorities must maintain coordination with the Mexican government.
“We do not know the agreement, of what we know is that it is intended to declare guilty to (Ovid Guzmán) in one of the judgments that will be concentrated there. This person was extradited by Mexico, in an operation that even caused deaths of Mexican soldiers. The United States has the obligation to be in coordination with the FGR, which has the arrest warrant of this person,” said the president on July 4.
