Ex-wife and 16 family members of drug lord ‘El Chapo’ surrender to FBI

Seventeen members of the household of convicted cause lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera crossed the Mexico-U.S. borderline and turned themselves into Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officials past Friday, according to writer Luis Chaparro.

During his online programme Pie de Nota, Chaparro said connected Monday that Guzmán Loera’s ex-wife Griselda López Pérez and a girl of the imprisoned erstwhile Sinaloa Cartel person were among those who turned themselves successful to the FBI astatine the borderline betwixt Tijuana and San Diego.

He presented photographs and video footage that purported to amusement the household members of Guzmán Loera astatine the borderline with their suitcases.

The journalist, whose reporting has been disseminated by galore Mexican quality outlets, asserted that the household members’ determination to surrender to the FBI was apt linked to the plea statement Ovidio Guzmán López, 1 of the sons of El Chapo, is negotiating with U.S. authorities.

“According to the reports from our sources, the household turned themselves successful to the FBI astatine midday past Friday astatine the San Ysidro larboard of introduction successful Tijuana. According to the accusation from the aforesaid sources, among these radical are Griselda López, parent of Ovidio, respective nephews and nieces, a grandson by the sanction of Archivaldo and a girl of Chapo unneurotic with a son-in-law,” Chaparro said.

He said it was not known wherefore the household members of the imprisoned erstwhile cause capo turned themselves successful to the FBI.

“But the information that they turned themselves successful to radical who were waiting for them [means that] it’s astir apt linked to the woody that Ovidio Guzmán made with the United States authorities past week,” Chaparro added.

He besides said that the 17 household members were carrying much than US $70,000 successful currency betwixt them.

🚨After breaking a woody with US Feds, Ovidio Guzmán, “El Ratón” requested ALL of his household to beryllium relocated to the US. https://t.co/oWqHyzb16l

— Luis Chaparro (@LuisKuryaki) May 12, 2025

Chaparro said that the household flew to Tijuana from Culiacán, Sinaloa, earlier crossing the border. He said that “at slightest 1 sniper” was positioned astatine the San Ysidro larboard of introduction owed to the hazard of 1 (or more) of the household members being targeted successful an attack.

“This enactment of getting his household to information could beryllium a motion that Los Chapitos mightiness beryllium losing the warfare successful Sinaloa oregon that the warfare is going to get a batch worse,” Chaparro said, referring to the bloody conflict betwixt the Los Chapitos faction of the Sinaloa Cartel and the Los Mayos faction of the aforesaid transgression organization.

He said that his sources revealed that Ovidio Guzmán asked U.S. authorities for a “guarantee” that his parent and different household members would beryllium fixed imperishable residency successful the United States.

“In speech for what? We’re going to find this retired connected June 6 erstwhile Ovidio Guzmán changes his declaration of guilt,” Chaparro said.

Guzmán López — 1 of “Los Chapitos,” arsenic 4 of El Chapo’s sons are known — was extradited to the United States successful September 2023, 8 months aft helium was captured successful Culiacán, Sinaloa. He faces cause trafficking, wealth laundering and different charges successful the U.S.

According to a document of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois that was filed past Tuesday, the 35-year-old suspect is scheduled to be a plea proceeding connected July 9. His lawyer, Jeffrey Lichtman, said past week that his lawsuit and the U.S. authorities had not yet reached a last plea deal, but hoped to scope 1 “in the future.”

Son of ‘El Chapo’ to plead blameworthy successful US cause trafficking case

El Chapo Guzmán, who, unneurotic with Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and others, founded the Sinaloa Cartel, was sentenced to beingness imprisonment successful the United States successful July 2019 aft helium was recovered blameworthy of cause trafficking successful February of that year.

Griselda López, parent of 4 children with El Chapo, is connected the “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons list” of the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control.

She is besides the parent of Joaquín Guzmán López, who is presently successful U.S. custody. He was arrested past July aft flying into a New Mexico airdrome connected a backstage level with Zambada, who claims that Joaquín Guzmán López kidnapped him and forced him onto the plane. The alleged kidnapping and apprehension of El Mayo triggered an intensification of the long-running struggle betwixt Los Chapitos and Los Mayos.

Both Joaquín Guzmán and Zambada pleaded not blameworthy to the cause trafficking charges they look successful the U.S., arsenic did Ovidio Guzmán successful September 2023.

Sheinbaum: US hasn’t provided immoderate accusation astir introduction of Chapo’s family

Asked astir Luis Chaparro’s reporting astatine her Monday greeting property conference, President Claudia Sheinbaum said determination was “no much information” than that which had travel retired successful the media.

She noted that Ovidio Guzmán was extradited to the United States during the presidency of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and declared that the U.S. authorities should beryllium “sending information” to Mexico astir his lawsuit connected a “permanent” basis.

President Sheinbaum made it wide connected Tuesday that the U.S. authorities should beryllium informing Mexico astir Ovidio Guzmán’s lawsuit connected a “permanent” basis. (Moisés Pablo)

Expressly asked whether the U.S. authorities had provided the accusation it “should” provide, Sheinbaum said it had not.

“It should present it to the Federal Attorney General’s Office, due to the fact that [it’s a substance of] the United States Justice Department and it has to person coordinated accusation with the Federal Attorney General’s Office,” she said.

Sheinbaum told reporters that the Attorney General’s Office has its ain “investigation files” connected Ovidio Guzmán “in Mexico.”

On Tuesday, Security Minister Omar García Harfuch confirmed that 17 members of the extended Guzmán household had handed themselves into the FBI. None of those that crossed into the U.S. were wanted successful Mexico, helium said successful a vigor interview.

Guzmán López changeable to planetary infamy successful October 2019 erstwhile his apprehension successful Culiacán triggered a question of cartel attacks that terrorized residents of the bluish city.

Not agelong aft his arrest, national information unit released him “to effort to debar much unit … and sphere the lives of our unit and retrieve calm successful the city,” past information curate Alfonso Durazo said astatine the time.

Violent chaos besides followed Guzmán López’s 2nd and last seizure successful January 2023, with some soldiers and alleged criminals losing their lives successful equipped combat successful the Sinaloa authorities capital.

There was speculation past twelvemonth that Ovidio, besides known arsenic “El Ratón” (The Mouse), had entered the United States Federal Witness Protection Program, but that was not confirmed.

Citing his sources, Luis Chaparro predicted connected Monday that Ovidio and Joaquín volition some participate the U.S. witnesser extortion programme astatine immoderate clip successful the future.

Mexico News Daily