Three Groups Fighting for Control of Multi-Billion-Dollar Sinaloa Cartel Operation Agence France-Presse
go to original June 18, 2017

Drug-related violence in Mexico's Sinaloa state since the extradition of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to the US has triggered protests by reporters as seen here (AFP)

Since the infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was extradited to the United States, a war has broken out for control of his Sinaloa cartel, leaving a growing trail of bodies.

At least three sides have been fighting each other for control of the multi-billion-dollar drug trafficking operation, experts say.

One group is led by Guzman's right-hand man, Damaso Lopez Nunez, who knows the cartel's operations inside-out and helped his extradited boss escape prison twice.

Another is led by two of the extradited kingpin's sons, Jesus Alfredo and Ivan Archivaldo, who say they are the rightful heirs to his drug-running empire.

The third is led by Guzman's brother Aureliano "El Guano" Guzman, who controls the area around their hometown, Badiraguato.

Since Guzman's extradition in January, a bloodbath has engulfed Sinaloa, the western state where the cartel is based.

There have been 764 homicides in Sinaloa so far this year, the highest rate in six years, according to the security secretariat for the state of three million people.

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