Son of ‘El Chapo’ pleads guilty to U.S. drug trafficking charges

One of the sons of Mexican drug king Penel Chapo is taking a plea deal in a major US drug trafficking case. In a federal court in Chicago yesterday, Waqin Guzman Lopez pleaded guilty to two counts of drug trafficking and continuing a criminal enterprise. He admitted to overseeing the transport of tens of thousands of kilos of drugs into the US through underground tunnels.Comes months after his brother also entered into a plea deal. The pair is accused of running a faction of the Sinaloa cartel once led by t ...