The Justice Department released the below
information:
An indictment against Joaquin Guzman Lopez and
Ovidio Guzman Lopez, charging them with a conspiracy to distribute cocaine,
methamphetamine, and marijuana for importation into the United States was
unsealed last week. The Guzman Lopez brothers, believed to currently reside in
Mexico, are the sons of Joaquin Guzman Loera, aka “El Chapo,” who was convicted by a jury in the Eastern District of
New York for his role as the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel.
Assistant Attorney General Brian
A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Special
Agent in Charge Scott Brown of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland
Security Investigations (HSI) Arizona Field Office made the announcement.
Joaquin Guzman Lopez, 34, and
Ovidio Guzman Lopez, 28, are charged in a one-count indictment alleging that
from in or around April 2008, through April 2018, they conspired to distribute
cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana from Mexico and elsewhere for
importation into the United States. This case is assigned to U.S.
District Judge Rudolph Contreras.
The case was investigated by
HSI. This case is also the result of the ongoing efforts by the Organized
Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF), a partnership that brings together
the combined expertise and unique abilities of federal, state, and local
enforcement agencies. The principal mission of the OCDETF program is to
identify, disrupt, dismantle, and prosecute high-level members of drug
trafficking, weapons trafficking, and money laundering organizations and
enterprises.
An indictment is merely an
allegation, and a defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a
reasonable doubt in a court of law.
Trial Attorneys Anthony Aminoff
and Anthony Nardozzi of the Criminal Division’s Narcotic and Dangerous Drug
Section (NDDS) are prosecuting the case.
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