Crime

Ovidio Guzmán,'El Ratón', Takes a One-Way Flight to a U.S. Cell

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Mexicanist

Sep 16, 2023 — 3 min read

Mexican media report that Ovidio Guzmán López “El Ratón”, son of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán and heir to Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel, was taken out of the Altiplano prison.

Ovidio Guzmán López, infamously known as “El Ratón,” is now in the United States after a highly publicized transfer from Mexico, reuniting him with his father, the notorious Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán. The arrival of the younger Guzmán was marked with a peculiar mix of triumph and dark irony, as emphasized by Derek S. Maltz, a former Special Agent and Director of Operations for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

Maltz released a photograph showing Guzmán López handcuffed, wearing a khaki prison uniform and marked with the number 5684. “Ovidio Guzmán, WELCOME TO AMERICA and enjoy the family reunion with your father El CHAPO in maximum federal prison,” the former DEA official posted.

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