WASHINGTON >> A son of imprisoned Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman on Monday pleaded guilty in a U.S. drug trafficking case, months after his brother struck a similar deal.

Joaquin Guzman Lopez had been scheduled to appear in federal court in Chicago for a status hearing, but instead entered a guilty plea, court records showed.

Guzman Lopez is one of four sons of El Chapo – known as Los Chapitos, or Little Chapos – who inherited their father’s faction of the Sinaloa cartel. Guzman Lopez originally pleaded not guilty after his arrest last year in Texas.

Jeffrey Lichtman, Guzman Lopez’s defense lawyer, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Guzman Lopez faced multiple charges in the U.S. of funneling huge quantities of fentanyl and other drugs to U.S. streets. F

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