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The Mexican drug chief Joaquin Guzman "El Chapo" Loera may well be facing trial tomorrow in Brooklyn federal court, but the $ 1 billion cartel he founded is still flourishing under the direction of his two favorite sons.
"… The sons of the accused remain responsible for his vast drug-trafficking empire," reads a recent letter from US prosecutors preparing to try the case of Guzman.
The October 28 submission to federal judge Brian Cogan continues to warn against the safety of any witness. who testify against the drug officer at the trial: "There is no doubt that the defendant and his cartel have the ability, the resources and the will to harm the witnesses and their families, even after their relocation."
The brothers Ivan Archivaldo Guzman Salazar and Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar lead their father's drug empire with an iron fist while he was in hiding and was imprisoned in Mexico and after his extradition last year to the United States.
"The two brothers have engaged in significant violence," said a former source of the Drug Enforcement Administration. "They ambushed soldiers and they still have the resources to assign witnesses."
It is said that Ivan and Alfredo are the favorite sons of the drug lord, those he personally prepared to take over the family business. They were born to his first wife, María Alejandrina Salazar Hernández, whom Guzman married in 1977 during a small ceremony in a rural town in the state of Sinaloa, in northwestern Mexico. The couple had three children, but another son, Cesar, was killed six years ago.
Last month, 32-year-old Alfredo, also known as "Alfredillo" and "Jags", was added to the list of 10 most wanted by the Drug Enforcement Administration. Alfredo was indicted for drug trafficking in Illinois in 2009. The reward for the information leading to his capture was recently raised to $ 5 million.
"Why have the sons not been beaten yet?" Said a law enforcement official to the federal government, who did not want to be identified. "It means that they are very in control. "But unlike their father, who believed in low profile, they are not hidden and they like to be noticed."
In fact, like their young mother-in-law and Guzman's third wife, Emma Coronel Aispuro, Alfredo and his older brother, Ivan, lead a glamorous lifestyle called "Mexico." Coronel Aispuro, 29, a 29-year-old Guzman woman, recently saw social media accounts show her at a lavish Barbie-themed birthday party for her binoculars in Sinaloa. On other photos, she shows expensive designer handbags and bikinis on the beach.
"The whole family still controls a large criminal network and has access to huge funds," said a former DEA officer at The Post.
Besides Hernandez and Coronel Aispuro, Guzman was also married to Griselda Lopez Perez. He married her in the 1980s and the couple had four children – Edgar, Joaquin, Ovidio and Griselda Guadalupe. In addition to his wives, Guzman had several girlfriends, including Estela Pena, who initially rejected her. He then kidnapped her and forced her into a relationship.
Another woman, Zulema Hernandez, was her lover at the Puente Grande maximum security prison in Guadalajara. She was eventually killed by Guzman's rivals, Los Zetas. His remains were found in the trunk of a car, the letter "Z" engraved in his breasts and his back.
Guzman, who is 61, has 15 children, according to published reports.
"At least 15 children," said the federal source. "There may be more."
Mexican authorities have yet to confiscate Guzman's assets and the family has access to hundreds of millions of people from drug trafficking, the source told The Post.
For their part, Ivan and Alfredo do not hide the money that they control and regularly show up in the most fashionable bars and malls of Guadalajara, said a federal source at The Post.
Until recently, they have also maintained social media accounts on Instagram and Twitter that show them that they display their immense wealth. The photos show stacks of US dollars, Gucci wallets, expensive Swiss watches, pet tigers and a gold-plated AK-47 plated against the dashboard of a Ferrari. There are also pictures of these women celebrating with women in bikini panties and driving energy-packed Audi Spyders that sell for more than $ 220,000.
"Stocks are estimated at millions of dollars – Lamborghini, Maserati, BMW multiple, Mercedes … Porsche," said Patrick Curran, DEA Special Agent, who testified in 2016 at the trial of one associates of the cartel.
"The whole family still controls a large criminal network and has access to huge funds."
"They travel in armored cars but they do not have a bodyguard entourage," the federal source told The Post. "They do not seem to be afraid."
Despite deadly struggles for the dominance of the underworld among Mexican cartels, especially since Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes – known as El Mencho – and his cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion or Jalisco New Generation began to gain ground since the extradition of Guzman to the United States.
A former policeman who once shot down an army helicopter and immobilized Mexico against Mexico, El Mencho is currently the most wanted drug trafficker in the world. A bonus, funded by the United States and Mexico, promises more than $ 6.5 million for information allowing its capture.
In addition to Caesar, Edgar Guzmán López, another son of Guzman, was killed in a shooting in the parking lot of a shopping center in Culiacan, capital of Sinaloa state. After the murder, the police found more than 500 AK-47 rifle sockets in the parking lot.
Two years ago, armed men associated with the Jalisco cartel kidnapped Aflredo and five associates of the Sinaloa cartel at a restaurant in Puerto Vallarta's tony Beach resort. He was detained for about a week, then released, apparently on Guzman's orders, who threatened from his Mexican prison cell to sue the families of the leaders of the Jalisco Nueva Generacion, the federal source told The Post.
Since the kidnapping, the brothers are enjoying more and more traveling by private plane, the source said. One day, they assembled a fleet of planes for the Sinaloa cartel to compete with AeroMexico, according to court documents. The planes were also used to carry drugs.
"It was a huge company," said the federal source. "They had something like 30 pilots and 30 plane mechanics on their payroll."
From 2006 to 2015, Mexican authorities seized a total of 599 Sinaloa cartel planes that flew over a network of nearly 5,000 clandestine landing strips, according to the daily El Universal.
"As a rule, a cartel or drug trafficking organization would use small aircraft … to facilitate the movement of their product … or themselves," Curran said in the 2016 trial of the cartel's intermediary. Sinaloa, Jorge Martin Torres, who pleaded guilty to money laundering. "The members of the high level cartel are usually fugitives. They can not travel by commercial aircraft like you or me, or by any other legitimate means. "
According to the Mexican authorities, Alfredo, whom he described as "one of the main leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel", was responsible for the purchase of the aircraft, mainly in the central American states of the United States. intermediary of an American partner to avoid suspicion. According to the regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration, only Americans or permanent residents are allowed to buy aircraft in this country.
Alfredo is also responsible for the cartel's extensive real estate in Mexico and oversees most drug shipments from Mexico to the United States.
"Alfredo and Ivan remain real and real threats, and they will follow this test closely to see who killed their father," said the former DEA officer.
