Ovidio Guzman, famous son of El Chapo and cause of chaos [PERFIL]

Ovid Guzman Lopezarrested this Thursday by Mexican authorities in sinaloais one of the most famous and sought-after sons of the Kapo Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and the cause of the chaos, which is why Mexico and the United States have been looking for him for years.

Ovidio, nicknamed “El Raton”, was one of the lesser-known heirs of the Sinaloa cartel. ‘Culiacanazo’ October 17, 2019 – Failed operation by the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador, during which the authorities captured him but later released him for organized crime terrorist attacks in Culiacan.

Among his growing profile, Washington offered five million dollars in December 2021 for information leading to Ovidio’s arrest or conviction, in addition to his brothers Iván Arcivaldo Guzmán Salazar, Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar and Joaquín Guzmán López, known as “Los Chapitos”.

Before “Culiacanazo” of the ten children he had ‘El Chapo’ With his three wives, Iván Arcivaldo was best known for the luxury and extravagance he showed off on the nets where he showed off his luxury cars, jewelry and exotic animals.

But Ovidio’s importance to the organization was confirmed by his capture then and now, which on both occasions set off a wave of violence in the city of Culiacan, the capital of the northern state of Sinaloa, that put the authorities in check.

One of the most wanted

Ovidio, 32-year-old son of Griselda Lopez, second wife of “El Chapo”, was one of the priority targets US Department of Justice.

According to a notice released by the agency in December 2021, Ovidio and his brother Joaquín held high positions in the Sinaloa cartel, where they began their criminal careers as heirs to their brother’s power. Edgar Guzman Lopez.

“Mouse” inherited a “major part” of the drug dealings and began investing a “large amount” of money into marijuana in Mexico, cocaine in Colombia and ephedrine in Argentina, substances that were imported into Mexico, where he also experimented with the production of methamphetamine, according to USA.

In April 2018, a U.S. District of Columbia grand jury indicted Ovidio and Joaquin on charges of distributing cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana.

The brothers oversaw 11 methamphetamine labs in sinaloawhere they produced about 5,000 pounds or 2,267 kilograms of methamphetamine per month, which, according to the Department of Justice, is sold mainly to other members of the Sinaloa cartel and drug traffickers in the US and Canada.

Ovidio knew how to keep a low profile, but since 2012 the US government has listed him as an international drug trafficker under the Theft Act, considering that he played a “significant role in his father’s activities.”

With his inclusion in this list Treasury Departmenthe was prohibited from doing business with US citizens, and his financial assets in that country were frozen.

Ovidio, who was born in the municipality of Badiraguato, in Sinaloa, is now called one of the main heirs of the Chapo operation, one of the most famous drug traffickers in Mexico and the world, who has been facing life imprisonment in the United States since February 2019.

cause of chaos

Ovid caused chaos in sinaloa and it sparked some of the most controversial moments of the López Obrador government.

The current president faced questions about his personal decision to release Ovidio during the Culiacanazo, an order he justified at the time by keeping the peace in Sinaloa.

The new operation to capture him was unexpected, as it happened suddenly, a few days after the visit of US President Joe Biden to the summit of North American leaders.

It also contrasts with the security strategy of López Obrador, who has always criticized the so-called “war on drug trafficking” launched by his predecessors and the intervention of the United States security agencies. (EFE)