A Facebook page opened in the name of Alfredo shows photographs of piles of dollar bills, sports cars, and gold-plated weapons.Īn indication of their lack of caution is that they were dining out in a well-known restaurant in the upscale tourist resort of Puerto Vallarta, an area disputed by the new kids on the block, Jalisco Nueva Generación, says Reveles. “They were show-offs, loud-mouthed and very indiscreet,” says Mexican journalist José Reveles, author of around a dozen books on his country’s drug trade. The two young men frequently posted photographs and videos of their luxury lifestyle, as well as issuing threats to rival cartels.Īll of El Chapo’s children, as well as his wife, Alejandrina Salazar, have been accused of carrying out killings on their father’s behalf Members of a new generation of drug traffickers – dubbed the “narcojuniors” – El Chapo’s two sons have developed a reputation for taking risks and showing off, unsettling the old guard. Both are mentioned in the recent story published in Rolling Stone magazine written by US actor Sean Penn, as well as being responsible for collecting him and Mexican actress and close friend of El Chapo Kate del Castillo when Penn interviewed the kingpin. Over the last decade, as the Mexican army and the DEA closed in on El Chapo, he and his brother Iván were put in charge of his security detail. However, at the tender age of 30, Alfredo is already a veteran. It was a gray Toyota Prado.The authorities are looking into whether a seventh man, who managed to escape minutes before the kidnapping took place, is Iván Archivaldo, one of El Chapo’s nine childrenĪll of El Chapo’s children, as well as his wife, Alejandrina Salazar, have been accused of involvement in the drugs trade and of carrying out killings on their father’s behalf.Īlfredo and Iván Archivaldo, aged 30 and 35 respectively, are closest to their father and considered the heirs apparent of the Sinaloa Cartel, regarded as the world’s largest criminal enterprise, employing thousands of people and with a presence in around 100 nations, as well as running more airplanes than Mexico’s flag carrier Aeromexico.īut while they may end up taking over their father’s business, assuming they live long enough, they do not seem to have inherited his discretion.īorn and brought up amid the kingpins of the global drugs trade, Alfredo is the youngest of the four children El Chapo had with his first wife. He never left without at least 15 of them, but only he used an armored vehicle. The building was always guarded by escorts who made rondines in modest cars and without making ostentation of their weapons so as not to attract attention.
He says that where more time was spent was in the penthouse of an apartment building where high-income people live in a neighborhood of Envigado. And music, he likes the northern Mexican and reggaeton," says the informant of the police and US agencies. "He likes to consume whiskey, marijuana and perico (cocaine) with his friends and her friends. He also traveled frequently with his retinue to estates near the city. The authorities know that the son of 'El Chapo' was in Medellín with another identity and that he moved with great discretion, caution and guarded at a prudent distance by his escorts between Envigado and the exclusive sectors of El Poblado and Las Palmas, where he had luxury apartments in which he held private parties attended by young and attractive women and friends he made in Medellín. "They acted late and were always one step behind him," the source said as well as an intelligence officer from the National Police authorized to discuss the case with the reservation that his name not to be published says that agents of the institution were investigating the matter, but never achieved to establish if Guzmán Salazar was in Medellín. The Colombian National Police (PNC) and DEA agents and the FBI in Colombia also had knowledge of the presence of the son of 'Chapo' in Medellín, but they never managed to locate him. He is the son of 'El Chapo'," he said pointing to the young man in the photo, and assured that Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar was in Medellín with the knowledge and endorsement of a faction of 'La Oficina' known as La Terraza, which has a strong presence in Envigado and who was in charge of his security A high boss of 'La Oficina' confirmed this information to Proceso and showed a cell phone picture of Guzmán Salazar with a woman similar in appearance to the actress Kate del Castillo.
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