


The picture dated August 31st, and posted to an account claiming to be Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar, allegedly took place in Costa Rica, thanks to the Twitter feature which automatically indicates the exact location of where the image is being captured. The image shows Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar sitting in between to men, both of them have been partially covered, one of them bares a resemblance to his father. El Chapo -the leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel –famously escaped from Almoloya maximum-security prison last July.Īccording to the Telegraph, Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar posted an online a photograph that appears to have been taken in the Central American country of Costa Rica. New reports are saying Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar could have indicated the whereabouts of his father after posting images to one of his social media accounts. Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar is the son of fugitive drug lord Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera better known as “El Chapo Guzman.” “When Chapo Guzmán was extradited to the U.S., the Chaptios wanted to manage the Sinaloa Cartel, but they were prevented from doing so by Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada because he knew that the cartel would be decimated,” Mike Vigil, the former chief of International Operations for the Drug Enforcement Administration, told VICE News.Pinterest Facebook Twitter Messenger WhatsApp Reddit Pocket Buffer Meet Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar Still, the top dog in the cartel remains Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada García, who ran it in partnership with Chapo. They’re thought to control the local drug trade in Culiacán, Mazatlán, Guamúchil, and other Sinaloan cities, and they use groups of gunmen, notably one called “Los Demonios,” or the Demons, to enforce their rule. Most of them aren't in the cartel business, but at least four are said to be key players - and they’ve been continuously staving off challenges to their power since their dad’s imprisonment. The Department of Justice charged Ovidio and Joaquín Guzman López with drug trafficking in February and have been trying to track them down ever since.Įl Chapo has a lot of sons: The official count is 15, but up to 24 people are rumored to be his offspring.

Ovidio and Ivan are just two of Chapo’s sons, known collectively as “Los Chapitos” - or “Los Menores,” The Minors - who’ve become targets for U.S. Another of Chapo’s sons, Iván Archivaldo Guzmán, was also rumored to have been captured and released, but his situation remains unconfirmed amid the chaos. The local cops reportedly stumbled upon Ovidio at a Culiacán house and moved in to try to capture him without military support, and were ill-prepared for the firefight that ensued, said Mexico’s top army general.
