Was Ovidio Guzmán launched within the US? Jail system says he’s ‘free’ – El Financiero

Ovidio Guzmán, son of Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán and one of many leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel, is now not in jail based on information from america Federal Bureau of Prisons.

The drug trafficker, chief of Los Chapitos, seems to have been launched on Tuesday, July 23, based on information from america authorities. The information of his alleged launch happens whereas the arrest of Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada is being introduced.

Ovidio Guzmán was arrested on January 5, 2023 in Sinaloa, and after having remained within the Altiplano jail within the Valley of Mexico, he was extradited to america on Friday, September 15 of final yr, nonetheless underneath investigation concerning fentanyl trafficking.

In October 2019, Ovidio Guzmán had been arrested by Mexican authorities; nevertheless, following the escalation of violence in Sinaloa, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador gave the instruction to launch him to forestall murders and hurt to civilians.

Mexican and U.S. authorities haven’t commented on the alleged launch of Ovidio Guzmán; nevertheless, an identical occasion occurred a few weeks in the past, after it was confirmed that the previous governor of Tamaulipas, Tomás Yarrington, had been launched, to which President López Obrador reacted and mentioned that Mexico didn’t negotiate his early launch and that it was a call of america authorities.

The case in opposition to Ovidio Guzmán remains to be ongoing, and his subsequent listening to is scheduled for September 30. It ought to be famous that the case isn’t but closed or suspended, and the standing of “launched” might be a switch to a different jail, which has not been confirmed by the authorities.

Ovidio Guzmán, often known as ‘El Ratón’, held hearings till March in what was a “sealed” course of and during which there was even speak of the potential of negotiating with america authorities.

El Chapo Guzmán’s son is accused of drug trafficking, in addition to artificial drug precursors to america. He’s additionally linked to trafficking fentanyl, a drug that has grow to be a well being drawback within the nation ruled by Joe Biden.