Overview
- The brothers Iván Archivaldo and Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar are in talks through lawyers with U.S. prosecutors that began about a year ago, according to Monday's Los Angeles Times report.
- They have tracked U.S. cases against half-brothers Ovidio and Joaquín Guzmán, whose arrests and cooperation helped push them to explore a deal.
- The U.S. Justice Department has not confirmed the negotiations and their attorney did not comment, and the talks could end without an agreement.
- Any cooperation could bolster U.S. cases that name Sinaloa Governor Rubén Rocha Moya and other officials as alleged protectors of the Chapitos faction.
- It remains unclear which charges a deal would cover, including claims tied to Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada’s alleged 2024 abduction.