By The opinion
30 Jul 2024, 12:40 PM EDT
Joaquin Guzman Lopezrecently arrested in the United States, was part of the group known as “The Chapitos”along with his brothers Ivan Archivaldo Guzman Salazar, Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar and Ovid Guzman Lopez.
Since the capture of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmanhis 4 children played a significant role in the structure of the Sinaloa Carteland were held responsible for the manufacture and trafficking of fentanyl.
Like his brothers, Joaquín, who was also known as “El Güero,” was under surveillance by Mexican and U.S. authorities due to his role in the criminal organization.
Despite this, He always preferred to operate with a low profileand even avoided direct contact with other drug traffickers.
This was revealed by the drug trafficker as well Damaso Lopez Serranoalias “Mini Lic,” in an interview with Mexican journalist Anabel Hernández after leaving a U.S. prison.
According to the testimony of the former member of the Sinaloa Cartel and who is also the godson of El Chapo, Joaquín Guzmán López had university studies and He liked to boast that he was the smartest of Los Chapitos.
“I didn’t get to know him much, but I did get to know him. I got to know his best friends more and what they said was that he thought he was the smartest of all, he made fun of them because they didn’t mention him in corridos in those years, he wasn’t angry with the government or anyone else, nobody looked at him, but he was already dealing,” declared “El Güero.”
To go unnoticed, the young criminal He walked without escorts, without a driver or secretary.“He said: ‘Those assholes, look, I’m happy to be alone, why hang out with so many people? If I go through a checkpoint, they don’t even know who I am.’”
According to “Mini Lic”, Joaquín did not have a very active social life and moved in circles far from the world of drug trafficking, because He didn’t like to socialize or talk to drug dealers.
“He was always behind Ovidio, he ordered Ovidio, ‘you do the negotiations, you say everything’, but the one who had the last word was Joaquín. Everyone said ‘Ovidio, Ovidio’, but no! The other one was the one who ordered, the one who decided. Maybe in these years of the ‘culiacanazo’ from 2019 onwards, Ovidio grew up, but before what Joaquín said, that was it,” López Serrano concluded.
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