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Today, we explore the arrest of El Chapo’s son.
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The Big Sip
The take: El Chapo's son just confessed to kidnapping a man who'd known him since he was a baby. Delivering him to the feds for a lighter sentence.
What happened: Joaquín Guzmán López pleaded guilty Monday in Chicago. When Judge Sharon Coleman asked what he did for work, he answered: "Drug trafficking." She replied: "Oh, that's your job. There you go." Then he admitted to kidnapping the 76-year-old co-founder of his father's cartel, sedating him on a plane, and handing him to US agents on a New Mexico tarmac.
Why it matters: A son betrayed the man who helped build his family's empire—someone who watched him grow up—because the math on a plea deal made sense.
What to watch: The feds said they "did not authorize, induce, sanction, or condone" the kidnapping. No cooperation credit. Guzmán López rolled the dice on a gift they didn't ask for.
He didn't betray a rival. He bagged a man who watched him grow up. Traded decades of trust for a shot at time off a sentence.
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