SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — Ovidio Guzmán López, son of Mexico’s infamous “El Chapo” Guzmán, officially accepted a plea deal Friday morning with U.S. Attorney prosecutors, pleading guilty to four criminal counts for his role in operating a faction of his father’s Sinaloa cartel.
Ovidio, known as “The Mouse,” admitted to two counts of drug distribution and two counts of participation in a continuing criminal enterprise.
He formally entered his plea before U.S. District Judge Sharon Coleman in Chicago and is now facing a possible life sentence.
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But it’s widely believed Ovidio will receive a much lower sentence as a result of this arrangement with the federal government…