"Early in the hearing, Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Sharon Coleman asked what he did for work. list of 4 itemsend of list Drug trafficking, Guzman Lopez replied. Oh, that's your job, Coleman said with a chuckle. With the guilty plea, Guzman Lopez is expected to avoid life in prison as part of a deal in which he cooperates with US prosecutors and pays an $80m charge representing the proceeds of his crimes, according to reports."
"The government has been very fair with Joaquin thus far, Guzman Lopez's defence lawyer, Jeffrey Lichtman, said after the hearing. I do appreciate the fact that the Mexican government didn't interfere, Lichtman said. According to a report by the Chicago Tribune, in the 35-page plea deal, Guzman Lopez acknowledged that he and his brothers advanced the cartel's operations by bribing officials and deploying firearms and other weapons to carry out violence targeting law enforcement, rival traffickers, and even members of their own organisation."
Joaquin Guzman Lopez, a son of drug kingpin Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, pleaded guilty in Chicago to two counts of drug trafficking and organized crime and to kidnapping an individual believed to be Sinaloa cartel leader Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada. He reversed an earlier not-guilty plea after his arrest last year. Wearing an orange jumpsuit, he spoke sparingly in court. Under a plea deal he will cooperate with US prosecutors, pay an $80m forfeiture, avoid a life sentence but faces a minimum of ten years and waives appeal rights. The 35-page agreement acknowledges bribery and use of firearms and other weapons to target law enforcement, rival traffickers, and cartel members.
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