Jesus Guzman-Castro, Cocaine Trafficking, New York 2025

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Jesus Guzman-Castro, a senior member of the Sinaloa Cartel, was arraigned on cocaine trafficking charges in Brooklyn.

Jesus Guzman-Castro, also known as ‘Chuy,’ ‘El Narizon’ and ‘Pinocho,’ was arraigned on an indictment charging him with participating in a large-scale cocaine distribution conspiracy.

The defendant, a Mexican citizen, was arrested in Mexico on a provisional arrest request issued from the Eastern District of New York and subsequently transferred from Mexico to the United States on August 12, 2025, pursuant to Mexico’s National Security Law.

Guzman-Castro was ordered detained pending trial.

As alleged, Guzman-Castro was a senior member of the Sinaloa Cartel, a prolific and violent drug trafficking organization that has flooded American streets with deadly narcotics for decades.

The charge in the indictment is an allegation, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. If convicted, the defendant faces up to life in prison.

The prosecution of Guzman-Castro is the result of an ongoing Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) investigation led by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York and the DEA.

Guzman-Castro is charged with participating in an international cocaine distribution conspiracy from December 2015 through March 2021.

As a senior member of the Sinaloa Cartel, Guzman-Castro oversaw numerous underlings, including armed gunmen, transporters of narcotics, and money launderers.

For years, the defendant directed the trafficking of thousands of kilograms of cocaine and the laundering of millions of dollars in drug proceeds.

The principal mission of the OCDETF program is to identify, disrupt, and dismantle the most serious drug trafficking, weapons trafficking, and money laundering organizations, and those primarily responsible for the nation’s illegal drug supply.

This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the government to repel the invasion of illicit drugs into the United States.