Who is “Guano”, the ruthless brother of “Chapo” Guzmán

His name is Aureliano Guzman Loera, aka the Guano, US security raised a bounty of five million dollars for him and it is when the media eyes were placed on their activities. The Sinaloan is described as a cunning man, known in the Sierra de Sinaloa. His capture is considered a challenge since Chapo Guzmán, his brother, fell behind bars.

For Aureliano, being persecuted by US authorities is nothing new. The State Department offered the equivalent of 100 million Mexican pesos for data that lead to the arrest of who would be in charge of the operations of the Sinaloa Cartel in the mountains of Badiraguato and its surroundings.

Along with him, the top leaders of the armed wing are sought, Gente Nueva, led by the Ruperto brothers, the 37th; José, Che; and Heriberto, the Salgueiro Nevarez. The last named collaborate in areas of Sonora and Chihuahua; five million dollars each was offered for them as well.

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Thus, the United States authorities are willing to disburse $ 20 million which represent more than 100 million pesos for the arrest or conviction of these individuals identified as high-ranking members of the Sinaloa Cartel, according to the causes 18-CR-1840-TUC-RCC(JR) and 18-CR-00597-TUC-RCC (BGM) announced by the Justice Department.

One of the harshest accusations that they allege is the responsibility of more than 63% of the 96,779 deaths due to drug overdoses in the United States between March 2020 and 2021, according to the statement announcing the reward of the alleged criminals.

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However, Che and Heriberto were arrested on 2012 and 2015, respectively, by agents of the army. It is presumed that the Mexican authorities could not detain them and they returned to their illicit activities, since then the Department of Homeland Security The US has them on its most wanted list, according to records from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE). Or instead, decide to keep them in their sights, even though they know they are insured.

According to a report by journalist Miguel Ángel Vega, who met and ate with Guano in La Tuna, the individual is “very analytical, distrustful and frighteningly cold ”. This is how he described it in his book The Fixer ”(Aguilar, 2021).

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El Guano has a reputation for being ruthless according to local media. . In 2017, an envoy from the Damasos said to Ríodoce that the Guzmán only impose themselves with the Law of fear, more than negotiation and respect for codes of trust.

“Iván, Alfredo and their uncle are sick with power, but it is through abuse that they make forced friends. They support them more out of fear than because it is the right thing to do, “said the spokesman for Dámaso López Núñez, the Graduate, who was trying to clarify the attack against Los Chapitos and Ismael Zambada García, the Mayo, at a meeting in Paredones, Jesús María.

After the capture of ‘El Chapo’, Aurelio Guzmán Loera was appointed as the head of the criminal operations in the Sierra de Sinaloa. Later I already knew that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) I was looking for him in heaven and on earth, according to the anecdote of Miguel Ángel Vega.

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Citing an investigation by the Office of the Special Prosecutor for Organized Crime Investigation, the retired Army general, Alfonso Duarte Múgica, asserted some characteristics about Guano’s personality.

He gave the impression of being cruel, but to his mother, Dona Consuelo Loera, he was kind, hugged her and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

The capo arrived the night that Miguel Ángel Vega took Pablo García-Inés, who was then producing the program “Clandestino” about the Sinaloa Cartel, to the house of Chapo’s mother.

He witnessed this when several vans parked at the house of Doña Consuelo Loera and from them they got out more than 30 heavily armed men with rifles Barret .50 caliber, AK-47, M16 and AR-15. Some were stationed at the entrance of the home and the rest looked for strategic points to monitor your boss’s visit. The escorts were young and in a few minutes they surrounded the building, Vega said.

Despite the fact that Guano, along with his mother and the journalists present at the events, sat down to eat in the same dining room, there were moments of tension. The brother of Chapo Guzmán asked if the Spaniard García-Inés were people from the DEA. The discomfort grew, but they clarified their profession again.

“Being in front of him, more than three hours from the first trace of a cell phone signal and surrounded by more than 30 men armed to the teeth He made us feel that we were, without a doubt, in his hands, but also in his silence, in his gaze and even in his thought”Says Miguel Ángel Vega, who has been a liaison for foreign correspondents who seek to reach the bowels of the Sinaloa Cartel. (I)