Justice delayed in Chicago for El Chapo's sons on cartel world's ‘holiest day'

When Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán s son Ovidio was arrested in early 2023 and extradited to Chicago, federal law enforcement officials considered it the beginning of the end for the family s billion-dollar global drug trafficking business. His brother Joaquin, the next domino to fall a year later, was also extradited to Chicago. Both have pleaded guilty, but according to federal court records, time and time again this year, their court hearings have been postponed. That latest delay occurred on Wednesday, with the next hearing now set for the spring of 2027. So what s going on? There may be additional surrenders being worked out and that may signal the delay we re seeing, said Jack Riley, retired special agent in charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in Chicago from 2010 to 2014. Riley, who’s work was instrumental to the capture of El Chapo in 2016, points to Bureau of Prison records that show both Guzman sonsm are “NOT IN BOP CUSTODY” as of 2025, pote