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150 Gunmen shoot up the home of El Chapo's mother, kill neighbors
Thursday, June 16, 2016 0:31
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Lucio R. Borderland Beat Material from El País
150 gunmen burst into the sanctuary of Guzman Loera, they killed three neighbors and ransacked maternal home.
Testimonies collected by local media said the large group of gunmen arrived mid-morning, seemingly without fear. One group burst into the mansion of Consuela Loera, (left)stole two cars, three motorcycles and cut telephone lines.
Consuela was not harmed.
Simultaneously, other parts of town were attacked. One of the neighbors was dragged from his home and killed in the street. Many people, have fled the area in fear.
Who directed the attack remains a mystery. A first version, by expert Cynthia Valdez, indicated that the brazen attack was a settling of scores within the Sinaloa cartel. Namely Guzman Loera’s sons, Ivan and Alfredo.
Other sources indicate that the attack was perpetrated by the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel, old and fierce rivals El Chapo. For years they fought a war that horrified the country. Guzman Loera had hired BLO initially as armed wing, until in 2008, when Alfredo Beltran Leyva, aka “El Mochomo” was arrested. Mochomo was a lieutenant of Chapo’s at the time. Chapo was accused of setting Mochomo up by working with the feds, in exchange for his son to be released from prison.
Mochomo was incarcerated and eventually extradited to the U.S. where he pleaded guilty and awaits his sentencing, scheduled on July 11. Chapo’s son was released within 2 months, after spending 3 years behind bars, the government citing “lack of evidence”.
A subsequent war exploded resulting in run away violence and hundreds of murders, including that of Chapo’s 18 year old son. Edgar was killed in a Culiacan shopping center parking lot, where he came under attack by 15 gunmen.
After the killing of Arturo Beltran Leyva in December 2009, BLO weakened and entered a decline of power. In this scenario, the imprisonment of El Chapo and his expected extradition, could give new impetus to the cartel.
But whoever the perpetrator of the attack on La Tuna, the Guzman Loera response is yet to come.
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| La Tuna birthplace of El Chapo |
Source: http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2016/06/150-gunmen-shoot-up-home-of-el-chapos.html
