Overview
- A federal grand jury in Chicago charged Jesus Omar Ibarra Felix, 49, known as “El Chuta,” with terrorism offenses, drug trafficking conspiracies and gun violations.
- Prosecutors allege he led Las Fuerzas Especiales de Chuta, a protection force that carried out violent operations and shielded Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán’s sons after 2016.
- The indictment states he supplied machine guns to cartel leaders and conspired to import large quantities of fentanyl and methamphetamine into the United States between 2016 and 2025.
- Authorities say he served as a plaza boss overseeing trafficking in the Amoe region of Mexico for nearly a decade.
- He is not in U.S. custody and a federal warrant has been issued, the charges carry potential life sentences, and alleged co-conspirator Fausto Isidro Meza Flores appears on the FBI’s Most Wanted List.