cartel-violence

El Chapo's Son Edgar Guzmán López Killed in Culiacán

| Calderón (2006–2012)

Edgar Guzmán López, son of Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, is assassinated in Culiacán during a daytime attack carried out by Beltrán Leyva hit men. The attack, involving grenades and assault rifles in a busy commercial area, kills two others and injures several bystanders. The killing deepens the enmity between Sinaloa and BLO and triggers additional waves of retaliatory violence.

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