Ovidio Guzmán López admitted to overseeing the smuggling of cocaine, fentanyl and other drugs into the United States in a government plea deal. A date for his sentencing has not been set.

It’s expected that Ovidio Guzmán López’s guilty plea agreement will pave the way to further federal prosecution of Sinaloa Cartel members.

Sinaloa Cartel leader Ovidio Guzmán López pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges in a U.S. federal court in Chicago on ...