Ovidio Guzman was born to Joaquin Guzman a.k.a El Chapo, and Griselda Lopez Perez.
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Joaquin Guzman (El Chapo)
Born in 1957, El Chapo is a former most-wanted drug lord currently serving a life sentence in the US, without possibility of parole, over drug trafficking and money laundering allegations.
Before his arrest, El Chapo was the leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel known for trafficking drugs to various countries across the globe, and known to be one of the most powerful drug traffickers in the world
El Chapo who learnt the illegal business from his own father, had escaped from prison on two occasions before his final capture.
Griselda Lopez Perez
Griselda is the wife of El Chapo. The duo have two sons together.
Who Is Ovidio Guzman Lopez?
Ovidio Guzmán, also known as “The Mouse” is a Mexican drug lord and leader of the Sinaloa Cartel Los Chapitos, one of the largest drug-trafficking cartels in the world.
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Guzman became involved in his father’s illegal business as a teenager and has since led the group since his father’s arrest.
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Guzmán was first arrested in 2019, but was released in no time, after his arrest sparked off several gun battles across the city and civilian deaths began to rise daily.
One of the officers, Eduardo N, who aided the arrest of Guzman was said to be assassinated at the time.
On 5 January 2023, Guzmán was rearrested in the Jesús María district of Culiacán.
His arrest triggered a violent riot by gang members who mounted road blocks, burnt down vehicles and shot down two passenger airplanes preparing to take off at the airport.
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