Day 723: Ovidio Guzmán's Chicago Sentencing Postponed a Seventh Time — Now Set for October 28

Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued a notice on July 16, 2026 canceling Ovidio Guzmán López's sentencing hearing that had been scheduled for July 27 — itself a prior reschedule from July 10 — and reset it for October 28, 2026 at 1:30 PM. It is the seventh postponement of the hearing since Guzmán López's July 2025 guilty plea to drug trafficking and continuing-criminal-enterprise charges. No reason was given in the court filing; Mexican outlets speculated prosecutors may be taking additional time to evaluate his cooperation with US authorities before recommending a sentence. Guzmán López, El Chapo's son and a former Chapitos leader, faces a potential life sentence.