A former lieutenant of drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán pleaded guilty to trafficking more than 150 kilograms of cocaine and more than 30 kilograms of heroin on Friday.
Felipe Cabrera Sarabia, 51, faces a minimum of 10 years and up to life in prison when he is sentenced on July 7.
Felipe Cabrera Sarabia after his arrest by the Mexican police.
(REUTERS/Bernardo Montoya)
Known as “El Ingeniero,” Sarabia allegedly ran operations for the multibillion-dollar Sinaloa drug cartel before he was arrested in 2015.
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He told U.S. District Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman through an interpreter on Friday that he “always made a living as a rancher,” according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
Authorities escort Mexican drug trafficker Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, center, from a plane in Ronkonkoma, New York.
(US Law Enforcement via AP)
Sarabia’s guilty plea comes after Guzmán was sentenced to life in prison in 2019 for his 25-year reign as head of the Sinaloa drug cartel.
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Guzmán’s son, Ovidio Guzmán, was arrested by Mexican police earlier this month in the Mexican city of Culiacán.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
