Who is Ovidio Guzmán, the son of Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán who was arrested in Culiacán?

After having been founder and leader of the Sinaloa cartel The days of impunity for Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán ended when he was arrested and extradited to the United States, however, the inheritance of a criminal empire fell to some of his children. Jesús Alfredo, Iván Archivaldo, Alejandrina Giselle and César They are the result of Joaquín Guzmán’s first engagement with Alejandrina Salazar and, a few years later, already in second marriage with Griselda López, would arrive Joaquin, Edgar, Griselda and Ovidio who this Thursday, January 5, has been recaptured by the authorities.

Ovid Guzman Lopez better known as El Raton, is one of the sons of Joaquin Guzman Loera who according to the Mexican and United States authorities has been determined as one of the current leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel. Likewise, according to the information handled by the United States Department of Security, Ovidio and his brother Joaquín coordinate the actions and lead an arm of the criminal group named as Guzmán López Transnational Criminal Organization.

It was from his early youth when Ovidio began in criminal life, following in the footsteps of his older brother, Edgar Guzman Lopez who was killed in the city of culiacan on May 8, 2008. In addition, together with his brother Joaquín, they sought to invest in the drug trafficking business that their father ran with substances such as marijuana, cocaine, ephedrine and, in recent years, fentanyl.

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