Home of El Chapo's Mother Looted as Locals Flee Drug Lord's Hometown David Agren - The Guardian
go to original June 17, 2016

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Scores of gunmen have looted the house of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán’s mother, forcing residents to flee the cartel kingpin’s hometown in the mountains of Mexico’s western state of Sinaloa, according to local media reports.

Around 150 heavily armed men raided the remote village of La Tuna on this week, cutting telephone connections and pillaging the home of the capo’s 86-year old mother, Consuelo Loera de Guzmán. Several vehicles were taken from the house.

Two other communities were targeted in the attack, which left at least three people dead, according to the well-connected Sinaloa news organization Ríodoce.

The newspaper Noroeste, citing sources in the Badiraguato municipal government, which is responsible for La Tuna, reported up to 350 families had fled three communities, fearing future attacks.



State governor Mario López Váldez confirmed to reporters that an armed group had entered La Tuna but said it appeared to be a family conflict, not a settling of scores by criminal organisations. He said there were no reports of shootouts or deaths due to the incursion.

Although he is not thought to have lived there for years, Badiraguato was long considered the symbolic capital of El Chapo’s kingdom, where he was celebrated for his criminal exploits, multiple prison escapes and role as a benefactor.

Loera de Guzmán is not thought to have been harmed, but the attack on her home suggests that Mexico’s best-known kingpin may rapidly be losing influence even in a state where for years his word was law.

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