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Ovid GuzmanKnown as ‘El Radon’ and one of the bosses of the powerful The Sinaloa CartelIt was captured by the Army and National Security Forces early Thursday morning Mexico According to the country’s government, in the city of Culiacan.

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He is one of the sons of notorious drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, who is serving a life sentence in a maximum security prison in the United States.

According to the country’s Secretary of National Security, ‘El Radon’ leads the ‘Los Eatos’ or ‘Los Menors’ wing of the Sinaloa cartel. The organization’s lineup is made up of four sons of “El Chapo”: Ivan Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar, Joaquín Guzmán López and Jesus Alfredo Guzmán Salazar.

The name of the latter – also known as ‘Alfredillo’ – is remembered in Colombia and especially in Medellin, because in 2018 it was revealed that he lived for several months in luxurious apartments in Envicado, Val de Apura and El Poblado. The most exclusive sectors of the city.

It moved between Envicado, El Poblado and Las Palmas

An investigation by Proceso de México magazine – and published by EL TIEMPO with its authorization – indicates that Guzman Salazar arrived in Antioquia’s capital in August 2016 after being released from kidnapping at a restaurant in the tourist town of Puerto Vallarta.

Apparently Capo was guarded by men from ‘La Terraza’, the ‘La Oficina’ faction that was in charge of his security. The report indicated that “El Chapo’s” son was in Medellin with another identity and was being shuttled between the exclusive neighborhoods of Envicado, El Poblado and Las Palmas with great caution and discretion.

Fernando Quijano, an investigator of the conflict and familiar with the details of the investigation, recalled that Guzmán Salazar moved between the eastern Antioquia metropolitan area and San Jeronimo. “They tried to deny the information from the municipal administration of Medellin, but police intelligence already knew he was here,” he commented.

Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar was born in 1983 in Zapopan, Jalisco, and was one of “El Chapo” Guzmán’s children with the drug lord’s first wife, María Alejandrina Salazar. She is also the mother of Ivan Archivaldo, aka El Chapido, who was kidnapped along with his brother.

‘Alfredillo’ arrived in Medellin in September 2016 and built a cocaine production lab in the semi-rural area of ​​Envicado, where 100 kilograms were removed weekly.

They knew him as ‘El Charro’, who invested large sums of money with a group of local businessmen and sent 400 kilograms of cocaine to Buenaventura every month, according to Proceso.

When Colombian authorities, the DEA and the FBI received indications that Guzmán was in the city of Eternal Spring, they missed him for several months until he reappeared in Envicado in February 2018.

There, he allegedly came to sponsor neighborhood football teams, but after a while, he missed him again before the authorities could take action.

Millionaire Reward

In December 2021, the US State Department offered a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the capture of ‘Alfredillo’. According to his file, he lives in Culiacan and has brown eyes and hair.

“He is the son of Joaquín Guzmán Lora, a senior member of the Sinaloa Cartel and its former leader. Law enforcement investigations revealed that Guzmán Salazar and his brother, Ivan Archivaldo, provide significant operational assistance to their father, including the transportation of narcotics from South and Central America to Mexico, their transit into the United States, and wholesale distribution. refers to the drug to consumers in the United States”, says a report released by the US government.

In addition, he points out that after the arrest of “El Chapo”, the Guzmán Salazar brothers have increased their power within the cartel. “They have expanded their organization with state-of-the-art fentanyl labs in Culiacán, Mexico, and expanded their transportation operations using sea and air routes, tunnels and border crossings,” he points out.

In February 2016, the Northern District Court of Illinois indicted Guzmán Salazar on drug trafficking charges. He was also named to the DEA’s 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list in 2018. However, so far, “Alfredillo” has not been caught by the authorities and is believed to be living in Culiacan.

For its part, ‘La Tarreza’ is currently a powerful military line, “It is the strong muscle of the ‘La Oficina’ minority line, recognized by the authorities”, Quijano pointed out and added: “But ‘La Terraza also has several groups, with three or four leaders. It is said.

Presented by: “El Tiempo”, Colombia / GTA