MEXICO'S SINALOA DRUG CHIEF Joaquin "El Chapo " Guzman arrested alive by US and Mexican forces ! Will he face justice in the US or Mexico ? Note renewed efforts to really bust up Sinaloa , Zetas , Gulf Cartel and Knight's Templar Drug Gangs since PRI regained power in Mexico ( kudos to the Administration of Enrique Pena Nieto who has done what the prior Administration of Felipe Calderon failed or refuse to do ) !

Other voices on Guzman arrest....... http://whowhatwhy.com/2014/02/24/el-chapo-arrested-now/ “El Chapo” Arrested—Why Now? By Douglas Lucas on Feb 24, 2014 Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera At least on the surface, the U.S. and Mexico scored a major PR victory Saturday with the arrest of the  most powerful drug kingpin in the world, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera. The long-time boss of Mexico’s notorious Sinaloa cartel, the biggest supplier of illegal drugs to the United States, is now in custody. The question is, why now ? After all, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has had El Chapo in its sights almost nonstop. They knew his whereabouts on any given day since at least mid-2010, as WhoWhatWhy previously reported. More curious is evidence that, for years, the DEA has been in direct contact with Sinaloa leadership through an intermediary, choosing not to arrest the kingpin in exchange for intelligence on rival cartels. Both the U.S. and Mexico have at times been accused of strategically favoring Chapo’s Sinaloa over other cartels, such as the paramilitary “Los Zetas”—a charge both countries deny. The arrest of a top Sinaloa leader two years ago added fuel to the fire. Jesus Vicente Zambada-Niebla, Chapo’s logistics coordinator, is facing federal drug charges in Chicago and alleges that, as part of a “divide and conquer” strategy against the cartels, the United States helped arm the cartel through Operation Fast and Furious. That operation, run out of Arizona by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), allowed more than two thousand AK-47 style rifles and even a few 50-caliber guns to slip across the border and right into Sinaloa territory. The official picture of the drug war has always been a clean one, depicting the authorities and the cartels as separate foes. But Zambada-Niebla’s claims paint a picture of a more tangled relationship. Nevertheless, if the U.S., in effect, protected Guzmán just as police treat informants, things have clearly changed. Did Chapo finally become a liability for the authorities? Was it time for this chess piece to be removed from the board ? The mainstream media have created an image of Chapo as elusive, a “narcoterrorist” the U.S. security apparatus doesn’t much understand. “So hidden was he that there was uncertainty what he looked like, but American officials believe they have the right man,” the New York Times initially reported, before scrubbing that sentence in follow-up stories. Even this weekend, The Associated Press, which broke the story of Chapo’s arrest, tweeted (in Spanish) that El Chapo is “the Osama bin Laden of Mexico.” That tweet, too, was deleted, though the AP’s bin Laden association stays afloat elsewhere. But Chapo’s image as “elusive” appears inconsistent with the facts, and suggests that “perception management” may be at work, as authorities spin reports with the image of Chapo they want to create. Regardless of what happens next—and why he was arrested now—the underbelly of U.S. efforts in the so-called “drug war” is growing more exposed. There are still many questions, but one thing is clear: stopping El Chapo won’t significantly slow down the flow of illegal narcotics across the border. Keep a critical eye on the narco coverage in the coming days. http://www.dailyslave.com/arrest-of-obamas-business-partner-sinaloa-drug-cartel-head-el-chapo-guzman-was-likely-faked/ ARREST OF OBAMA’S BUSINESS PARTNER SINALOA DRUG CARTEL HEAD EL CHAPO GUZMAN WAS LIKELY FAKED Published On February 25, 2014 | Featured Articles, News, U.S. News, World News There are a number of questions surrounding the high profile arrest of the Mexican drug lord known as El Chapo Guzman.  Not surprisingly, none of these questions are being asked by anybody in the corporate controlled media.  Instead, they are acting like this was just a straight forward arrest which is curious considering Guzman’s history.  Guzman was said to be the man in charge of the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel which has been called one of the most powerful drug cartels not just in Mexico but the entire world.   The cartel has historically maintained close ties to the United States government which is one of the primary reasons why it has grown into such a successful business enterprise.  None of this history is being discussed giving people a completely false notion of what’s really going on. One of the first questions is if the man being paraded around as El Chapo Guzman is really El Chapo Guzman or an actor.  Looking at the man that we were told was arrested and earlier photos of Guzman there’s a possibility that who we are being shown is not the real guy.  For all we know this Guzman character who has accumulated billions of dollars from his drug operation may have decided that he wanted to retire.  What better way to retire than to get his buddies in the United States government to fake his arrest. This might sound far-fetched but it really isn’t considering that it is an admitted fact that the Drug Enforcement Agency or DEA maintained a close working relationship with the cartel since the 2000s.  An investigation from El Universal a Mexican media outlet published court documents revealing a correlation between the cartel’s rise and the DEA’s contact with one of the cartel’s lawyers.  The cartel was essentially allowed to smuggle billions of dollars of drugs into the United States in exchange for information on rival cartels.  If you read between the lines it is clear that a high level business decision was made in which the United States government decided to do business with just one cartel.  This is how the Sinaloa operation became so big.  Any of their competitors were selectively targeted. Even more interesting is the fact that the cartel has been responsible for supplying the vast majority of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamines to Chicago.  The cartel made this city one of their most important distribution points.  Barack Obama and his regime have numerous connections to the local power players in Chicago which raises even more questions.  It is doubtful that Guzman would have chosen Chicago as a major distribution point for his products if he wasn’t given some sort of guarantee that his operations would be secure. The Fast and Furious gun running operation which became a huge scandal for the Obama regime was actually designed to supply weapons to the cartel.  The story about tracking weapons to find drug dealers was just a cover story for the real operation.  Between this and the Chicago connection, it is fairly obvious that the cartel was doing business with the Obama regime. On top of this, it is hard to believe that Guzman’s alleged arrest came just days after Obama went down to Mexico to meet with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.  Obviously one of the primary discussions Obama had with the Mexican President involved the cartel.  It would be ridiculous to think otherwise considering the timing of the arrest that followed. The story surrounding Guzman’s alleged arrest was said to have involved a joint operation between Mexican authorities and the DEA.  Supposedly they were able to easily capture him after locating him in a Mazatla Mexico hotel.  In the course of just a few days some of his close associates were said to have turned on him and provided information on his whereabouts.  This story is a bit difficult to believe considering this was a man with expansive resources.  It makes no sense that he would have put himself in such a vulnerable position to be captured so easily nor does it make sense that so many of his close associates would turn on him in such a short period of time.  The media has made his arrest sound like it was the result of hard police work but in reality the DEA probably already knew where this guy was to begin with.   After all, the DEA was doing business with this guy for years.  No matter how you look at it, there is nothing about this story that adds up. Either Guzman’s arrest was completely faked or the DEA and the Obama regime decided to turn on him.  It seems to make more sense that his arrest was staged and the guy being paraded around in front of the media is an actor.  Guzman was involved in the drug business for several decades so it would make sense that he might want to retire and a staged arrest would allow him to gracefully exit.  His business connections with the Obama regime, his associations with the DEA and his business dealings in Chicago seem to make this a likely possibility.  Even a satire piece suggesting a similar possibility was put out byHuzlers.com which will undoubtedly help discredit people who question if the arrest was staged.  After all, if you make the truth seem like fiction it makes it easier to discredit anyone attempting to tell the truth. Whatever the case, it is obvious that we are not being told the full story by anyone in the federal government or by anyone in the corporate media.  At the very least, the Obama regime’s business dealings with the cartel should be the subject of a large scale investigation.  Unfortunately this will not happen because the CIA, DEA and other government agencies have been involved in the drug dealing business for many years now.  This is just standard operating procedure for the federal government. Stacy Herbert @stacyherbert Follow HSBC's biggest client has been apprehended in Mexico http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26308203 … Watch shares on Monday. 4:23 PM - 22 Feb 2014 HSBC says I’m too big to jail, so Holder will offer me a Deferred Prosecution Agreement Feb 22, 12:32 PM EST MEXICO'S SINALOA DRUG CHIEF ARRESTED BY ALICIA A. CALDWELL AND KATHERINE CORCORAN  ASSOCIATED PRESS

AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes MEXICO CITY (AP) -- The head of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel who was the world's most powerful drug lord was captured overnight by U.S. and Mexican authorities at a hotel in Mazatlan, Mexico, The Associated Press had learned, ending a bloody decades-long career that terrorized swaths of the country. A senior U.S. law enforcement official said Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was taken alive overnight by Mexican marines in the beach resort town. The official was not authorized to discuss the arrest and spoke on condition of anonymity. Guzman, 56, was found with an unidentified woman. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Marshals Service were "heavily involved" in the capture, the official said. No shots were fired. Guzman faces multiple federal drug trafficking indictments in the U.S. and is on the DEA's most-wanted list. His drug empire stretches throughout North America and reaches as far away as Europe and Australia. His cartel has been heavily involved in the bloody drug war that has torn through parts of Mexico for the last several years. A legendary outlaw, Guzman had been pursued for several weeks. His arrest comes on the heels of the takedown of several top Sinaloa operatives in the last few months and at least 10 mid-level cartel members in the last week. The son of Sinaloa's co-leader and Guzman's partner, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, was arrested in November after entering Arizona, where he had an appointment with U.S. immigration authorities to arrange legal status for his wife. The following month, Zambada's main lieutenant was killed as Mexican helicopter gunships sprayed bullets at his mansion in the Gulf of California resort of Puerto Penasco in a four-hour gunbattle. Days later, police in the Netherlands arrested Zambada's flamboyant top enforcer as he arrived in Amsterdam. Guzman's capture ended a long and storied manhunt. He was rumored to live everywhere from Argentina to Guatemala since he slipped out in 2001 from prison in a laundry truck - a storied feat that fed his larger-than-life persona. Because insiders aided his escape, rumors circulated for years that he was helped and protected by former Mexican President Felipe Calderon's government, which vanquished some of his top rivals. In more than a decade on the run, Guzman transformed himself from a middling Mexican capo into arguably the most powerful drug trafficker in the world. His fortune has grown to more than $1 billion, according to Forbes magazine, which listed him among the "World's Most Powerful People" and ranked him above the presidents of France and Venezuela. His Sinaloa Cartel grew bloodier and more powerful, taking over much of the lucrative trafficking routes along the U.S. border, including such prized cities as Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez. Guzman's play for power against local cartels caused a bloodbath in Tijuana and made Juarez one of the deadliest cities in the world. In little more than a year, Mexico's biggest marijuana bust, 134 tons, and its biggest cultivation were tied to Sinaloa, as were a giant underground methamphetamine lab in western Mexico and hundreds of tons of precursor chemicals seized in Mexico and Guatemala. His cartel's tentacles now extend as far as Australia thanks to a sophisticated, international distribution system for cocaine and methamphetamines. Guzman did all that with a $7 million bounty on his head and while evading thousands of law enforcement agents from the U.S. and other countries devoted to his capture. A U.S. federal indictment unsealed in San Diego in 1995 charges Guzman and 22 members of his organization with conspiracy to import over eight tons of cocaine and money laundering. A provisional arrest warrant was issued as a result of the indictment, according to the state department. Guzman is still celebrated in folk songs and is said to have enjoyed deep protection from humble villagers in the rugged hills of Sinaloa and Durango where he has hidden from authorities. He is also thought to have contacts inside law enforcement that helped him evade capture, including a near-miss in February 2012 in the southern Baja California resort of Cabo San Lucas just after an international meeting of foreign ministers. He was vacationing in Cabo during a visit by then-U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. "There's no drug-trafficking organization in Mexico with the scope, the savvy, the operational ability, expertise and knowledge as the Sinaloa cartel," said one former U.S. law enforcement official, who couldn't be quoted by name for security reasons. "You've kind of lined yourself up the New York Yankees of the drug trafficking world." More than 70,000 people have been killed in drug violence since former President Calderon deployed thousands of soldiers to drug hotspots upon taking office on Dec. 1, 2006. Many say his government's assault on drug cartels and arrest of kingpins actually fueled the growth of Sinaloa and its major rival, the Zetas, which are now going head-to-heard for lucrative territory. The two are battling for Nuevo Laredo, a play Guzman lost to the Zetas in 2005, and hitting each other deep inside their respective territories. Sinaloa took over a key Zeta port in Veracruz, while bands of Zetas have attacked their rival deep inside the cartel's home, western Sinaloa and Jalisco states. The conflict has led to the gruesome dumping of dozens of bodies by both organizations in their battlegrounds. Authorities said the battle also weakened the Sinaloa cartel and that key hits on the top leadership in Guzman's organization had shaken up his inner circle. In the first months of 2012, the Mexican army and federal police arrested a half dozen key Sinaloa people, including two major cocaine suppliers and a man described as the head of Guzman's security detail. In April last year, a video made the rounds on the Internet of a man whom U.S. authorities believed was Guzman, possibly indicating a security breach in his inner circle. In 2012, Colombian police seized 116 properties worth $15 million that they say were bought for Guzman, while the U.S. Treasury Department announced that it was placing financial sanctions on a wife and several of his sons. While his capture may have symbolic importance, many, including Guzman's cartel partner, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, say it won't stop the violence or flow of drugs through Mexico to the United States. "When it comes to the capos, jailed, dead or extradited - their replacements are ready," Zambada said in an exclusive interview published in Proceso magazine in April 2010. Guzman's success and infamy surpassed Colombia's Pablo Escobar, who was gunned down by police in 1993 after waging a decade-long reign of terror in the South American country, killing hundreds of police, judges, journalists and politicians. Growing up poor, Guzman was drawn to the money being made by the flow of illegal drugs through his home state of Sinaloa. He joined the Guadalajara cartel, run by Mexican Godfather Miguel Angel Gallardo, and rose quickly through the ranks as a ruthless businessman and skilled networker, making key contacts with politicians and police to ensure his loads made it through without problems. After Gallardo was arrested in 1989, the gang split, and Guzman took control of Sinaloa's operations. The Sinaloa cartel violently seized lucrative drug routes from rivals and built sophisticated tunnels under the U.S. border to move its loads. In 1993, gunmen linked to the Tijuana-based Arrellano Felix cartel attempted to assassinate Guzman at the Guadalajara airport but instead killed Roman Catholic Cardinal Juan Jesus Posadas Ocampo, outraging Mexicans. Police arrested Guzman weeks later before his escape from El Puente Grande prison in 2001. At the time of his escape, Guzman had been serving a 20-year sentence for bribery and criminal association in a maximum-security prison in Mexico. He was rumored to have once entered a restaurant in Culiacan, capital of Sinaloa state, where his henchmen confiscated every patron's cellphone so their boss could eat without fear of an ambush. He was also rumored to have staged an elaborate public wedding in 2007 to an 18-year-old bride that was attended by officials and local police. Federal police say they raided the town that day, but got there just a few hours too late. Guzman had long been reported to move around frequently, using private aircraft, bulletproof SUVs and even all-terrain vehicles. His location was part of Mexican folklore, with rumors circulating of him being everywhere from Guatemala to almost every corner of Mexico, especially its "Golden Triangle," a mountainous, marijuana-growing region straddling the northern states of Sinaloa, Durango and Chihuahua. An archbishop in northern Durango state said in April 2009 that Guzman lived in a town nearby. Days later, investigators found the bodies of two slain army lieutenants with a note: "Neither the government nor priests can handle El Chapo." World's Most Notorious Drug-Lord - Billionaire Mexican Cartel Boss "El Chapo" - Captured Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/22/2014 16:06 -0500 Mexico inShare The world’s most notorious and powerful drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera, has reportedly been captured in Mexico. The head of the Sinoloa Cartel - nicknamed Chapo or "shorty" - was caught last night, according to the AP, at a hotel resort in Mazatlan in a joint US-Mexico operation. Forbes ranked Guzman 67 out of 72 on their list of the World’s Most Powerful People. With revenues believed to exceed $3bn, his Sinaloa cartel is easily the most powerful in Mexico, responsible for an estimated 25% of all illegal drugs that enter the U.S. via Mexico. While this may appear good news (catching a big bad guy), Stratfor warns"this could spark a wave of violence throughout northwestern Mexico if internal shifts evolve into intra-cartel conflict." Via Forbes, In 2011, Forbes writer Nathan Vardi reported on how the kingpin had surpassed Pablo Escobar to become the biggest ever. “Chapo has a vast criminal enterprise and he has become the leading drug trafficker of all time,” a senior U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration official told Forbes. “He is the godfather of the drug world.” Last February the city of Chicago branded him the first “Public Enemy No. 1″ since Al Capone. ... Will another stint in prison really bring the end of El Chapo? It didn’t before. During his previous eight years in the clink Guzman continued to manage his cartel via cell phone, while enjoying access to booze, women and a home entertainment system. It was in January 2001, when facing extradition to the U.S., that he slipped into a laundry cart and was rolled out to freedom. Via Stratfor, The Mexican military and U.S. authorities captured a top leader of the Sinaloa Federation, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera, in an unnamed hotel in Mazatlan, Sinaloa state, sometime during the night of Feb. 21. Guzman, who has long eluded authorities, faces several federal drug trafficking indictments and is on the Drug Enforcement Administration's most-wanted list. Reportedly, the hotel had been under surveillance for five weeks prior to the arrest, but Guzman had arrived in Mazatlan only days earlier, fleeing military operations in Culiacan. El Chapo was partly responsible for the expansion of the Sinaloa Federation into the territories of rival Mexican transnational criminal organizations, commonly referred to as cartels. He also helped oversee the expansion of Sinaloa Federation operations beyond Mexico, most notably drug trafficking routes into Europe and Asia. Since December, however, the Sinaloa Federation has suffered from a series of substantial arrests, impacting the cartel wing led by Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada Garcia. The cartel has also faced rising challenges in its areas of operations by regional crime networks as well as other transnational criminal organizations. The tempo and success of operations targeting top Sinaloa Federation leaders willseverely hamper the cartel's ability to defend its operations in northwestern Mexico, possibly leading to substantial violence in several areas as rival criminal organizations seek to exploit the cartel's new vulnerabilities. Like most of Mexico's major transnational criminal organizations, the Sinaloa Federation is led by a collection of crime bosses, each with their own network, operating under a common banner. In addition to Guzman, other notable top-tier leaders include Zambada and Juan Jose "El Azul" Esparragoza Moreno. These  leaders guide the Sinaloa Federation's overall strategy and activity throughout Mexico, as well as its transnational operations. With Guzman now in custody, the remaining top bosses, along with several less-prominent leaders, will look to maintain the Sinaloa Federation's control over Guzman's network. This could spark a wave of violence throughout northwestern Mexico if internal shifts evolve into intra-cartel conflict. A more likely source of violence -- one that could occur alongside an internal Sinaloa Federation feud -- would be a push by the Sinaloa Federation's rivals for control over drug trafficking operations in current Sinaloa Federation territories, including Baja California, Sonora, Durango, Chihuahua, and Sinaloa states. Should Guzman's arrest effectively create opportunities for rivals to pursue territorial gains at the expense of the Sinaloa Federation,Stratfor would expect to see an increase in inter-cartel violence on some scale, as well as a military response to contain or even preempt possible violence, in any area of the aforementioned states. The last image - from 1993 - of the drug lord... (doesn't look so tough?! ;-) and his gun... Sinaloa Cartel Boss Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman Arrested By Tom Porter , February 22, 2014 18:02 PM GMT 43 3    + Photo of Guzman's arrest released by law enforcement agencies. The feared head of one of Mexico's largest drug cartels has been arrested at a hotel in the beach resort of Mazatlan after being on the run from the authorities for more than a decade. Joaquin 'El Chapo' (Shorty) Guzman, head of the Sinaloa cartel, was arrested on Friday night without incident, said a senior US law enforcement agent. The US Drug Enforcement Agency had offered a $5 million (£3.2m) reward for information leading to Guzman's capture. He escaped from high-security prison in 2001 hidden in a laundry basket. Related Mexico's 'Cartel Princess' Flaunts Drugs Gang Connections [VIDEO] Mexican Priests Lead Fight Against Knights Templar Drug Cartel Mexican Cartel Members Face Arrest After Sharing Crimes on Facebook and Twitter [PHOTOS] In his decade on the run, he transformed himself from a mid-ranking boss in to the world's most feared drugs lord, with a reputed fortune of $1bn according to Forbes magazine, which listed him as among the "world's most powerful people", more powerful than the presidents of France and Venezuela. The Sinaloa cartel has been engaged in a brutal war with other cartels over the control of drug smuggling routes into the USA from Mexico. Since 2007, more than 80,000 have been killed in the conflict. The cartel's sophisticated network for distributing methamphetamine and cocaine is believed to extend from Mexico and into North America and Europe, and even as far as Australia. It is believed that he may be responsible for the deaths of approximately 10,000 people. A subject of folk songs, it is believed that Guzman may have been sheltered by peasants hiding out in the hills of Sinaloa, and is believed to have deep contacts in the law enforcement agencies, allowing him to evade arrest before Friday's events.

‘El Chapo’ Guzman arrested in Mazatlan

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

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Mexico’s most powerful drug kingpin, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was arrested at a hotel in the Pacific resort of Mazatlan last night.

The leader of the Sinaloa Federation was reportedly captured alongside a female companion without shots being fired. Led by Mexican marines and the DEA, the joint operation to catch the elusive drug lord had been underway for five weeks, according to CNN’s Nick Valencia.

The operation intensified earlier this week, with a series of Sinaloa Federation operatives being captured in Culiacan, Sinaloa. It was reported that the government was pursuing Guzman’s partner Ismael “El Mayo” Zamabada, but it now seems that this was a smokescreen to divert attention from the true target of the operation.

The house of Guzman’s ex-wife Griselda Lopez Perez was among those raided on Monday, leading to file a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission after military personnel damaged her furniture. Guzman was eventually captured on Friday night in a hotel in Mazatlan, a popular resort to the south of Culiacan in the state of Sinaloa.

His capture marks the most significant development in Mexico’s war on drugs to date. The previous two National Action Party (PAN) administrations were widely accused of protecting Guzman and the Sinaloa Federation, while pursuing their rivals, so his arrest represents a major coup for Enrique Peña Nieto’s Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) government.

Despite saying it would abandon the PAN’s of pursuing the heads of Mexico’s most powerful gangs, the PRI has now arrested the leaders of Los Zetas, the Gulf Cartel and the Sinaloa Federation in the last year, as well as severely weakening the Knights Templar cartel. In doing so, Peña Nieto has essentially beaten his predecessor Felipe Calderon at his own game.

Since escaping from prison in 2001, Guzman established himself as Mexico’s dominant drug lord. He amassed an estimated fortune of $1 billion and is ranked by Forbes as the 67^th most powerful man on earth. After the death of Osama Bin Laden in 2011 Guzman assumed the mantle of the FBI and Interpol’s most wanted criminal and last year he became the first man since Al Capone to be named Chicago’s Public Enemy #1.

It is unclear whether Guzman will face justice in Mexico or be extradited to the United States, where the State Department had offered a $5 million reward for information leading to his arrest. The latter would represent more of a punishment, given that Guzman reportedly had access to drugs, prostitutes and restaurant food in Jalisco’s maximum-security Puente Grande, where he would often throw wild parties and invite friends and relatives over, prior to his escape in 2001.

Few Mexicans believed Guzman would ever be recaptured and many even feared his arrest, as it could destabilize great swaths of the country that were under his control. The Sinaloa Federation traffics cast quantities of drugs into the United States but it does not engage in crimes that affect the local population, such as extortion or kidnappings, to the same extent as other cartels have done. The arrest of Guzman could lead to rival gangs such as Los Zetas attempting to seize the Sinaloa Federation’s territory.

The killing or detention of prominent kingpins also typically leads to a power vacuum and a short-term spike in the levels of violence as rival factions within the cartel fight for hegemony. In this case it is most likely that Zamabada will consolidate control of the Sinaloa Federation, although, rumors of a split between him and Guzman have circulated in recent months and it is possible that the latter’s sons Ivan and Alfredo Guzman could try to seize control of their father’s side of the cartel.