A federal grand jury in Chicago indicted Jesús Omar Ibarra Félix, an alleged leader of the Sinaloa Cartel in Mexico, on charges related to drugs, weapons, and providing material support to terrorism.
According to the prosecution, Ibarra Félix, 49, who is currently a fugitive, led an armed group known as “Las Fuerzas Especiales de Chuta” (FECH), which allegedly participated in armed conflicts in support of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera’s faction of the Sinaloa Cartel, an organization designated by the US as a foreign terrorist organization, formerly led by Guzmán, according to the indictment.
The prosecution emphasized that Ibarra Félix is not currently in custody, and an arrest warrant has been issued against him. Ibarra Félix allegedly provided armed security to the four sons of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera, known as “Los Chapitos,” who assumed leadership of the cartel after Guzmán’s arrest in 2016. Guzmán Loera was later convicted by a federal jury in Brooklyn, New York, and sentenced to life in prison.
According to the indictment, between 2016 and 2026, Ibarra Félix supplied machine guns to “Los Chapitos” and conspired with them and others to import methamphetamine and fentanyl from Mexico into the United States.
