A son of Sinaloa drug cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera admitted Monday to the brazen kidnapping of his father’s former partner as he struck a deal with federal authorities in Chicago that could save him from a life prison sentence.

A prosecutor laid out the details of the daring abduction of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia in court, telling a judge that men working for “El Chapo” son Joaquin Guzman Lopez entered a locked room through an open floor-to-ceiling window in Mexico in July 2024. The men handcuffed “El Mayo” and put a bag over his head, the prosecutor said.

Guzman Lopez then gave “El Mayo” a sedative during a flight to New Mexico, in hopes of a sentencing break from U.S. prosecutors. By then, the feds had already secured an indictment against Guzman Lopez and his b

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