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Right-hand Man To Cartel Boss El Chapo May Have Flipped

Sinaloa drug cartel boss Joaquin Guzman, known as "El Chapo" or "the Midget," faces a September trial in a federal court in Brooklyn, NY, and apparently one of the key witnesses against him will be his onetime underboss Damaso Lopez as reported by the New York Post: "after El Chapo's 2016 arrest, Lopez allegedly kicked off a bloody turf war with Guzman's sons over control of the cartel."

Further reading that may be of interest:

Representative Gutierrez Remains Silent On Sinaloa Cartel In His Congressional District

El Chapo Godson Pleads Guilty To Drug Smuggling Charges

Damaso Lopez Serrano, the 29-year-old godson of Mexican drug cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, has pleaded guilty in a federal court in San Diego, CA "to drug smuggling charges, acknowledging he orchestrated the shipments of thousands of pounds (kilograms) of methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin to the United States" as reported by the New York Post. "El Chapo" or "the Midget" was extradited last year from Mexico to face trafficking charges in Brooklyn, NY, and his trial tentatively is scheduled for April 2018.

Further reading that may be of interest:

Representative Gutierrez Remains Silent On Sinaloa Cartel In His Congressional District

Sean Penn Fears Mexican Cartel Will Whack Him Over Netflix Series

In October 2015 Sean Penn interviewed Joaquin Guzman in the Mexican jungle to write an article for Rolling Stone, and now the Hollywood blowhard is melting down about Netflix series The Day I Met El Chapo over concerns it falsely paints him as some snitch who enabled the subsequent capture of the narco boss in January 2016 as reported by The New York Times: "Sean Penn and Netflix are fighting over a documentary series that will become available early Friday, with a lawyer for Mr. Penn saying in a letter to the streaming service that it is 'hereby on notice that blood will be on their hands if this film causes bodily harm.'"

Sean Penn's a bit of a wanker.

Earlier coverage:

Real Writer Soundly Spanks Sean Penn Over El Chapo

Narco Degeneracy Apparently Runs In The Family

Federal prosecutors in San Diego, CA have indicted Alvaro Lopez Nuñez with smuggling drugs for the Sinaloa cartel following his arrest last week at a border entry in Nogales, AZ as reported by the Los Angeles Times. Narco degeneracy apparently runs in the family. Earlier this year Alvaro's nephew Damaso Lopez Serrano -- reported godson of cartel boss Joaquin Guzman -- and brother Damaso Lopez Nuñez -- a Guzman lieutenant -- were busted to face U.S. charges. Joaquin Guzman, known as "El Chapo" or "the Midget," was extradited last January from Mexico to face trafficking charges in Brooklyn, NY, and his trial is tentatively scheduled for April 2018.

Further reading that may be of interest:

Representative Gutierrez Remains Silent On Sinaloa Cartel In His Congressional District

Narco Boss El Chapo Retains John Gotti Defense Lawyer

Sinaloa drug cartel boss Joaquin Guzman, a/k/a "El Chapo" or "the Midget," has retained defense lawyer Jeffrey Lichtman to represent him against trafficking charges in New York federal court as reported by the Daily News: "attorney Jeffrey Lichtman's past work included thwarting Manhattan federal prosecutors as they repeatedly tried pinning John Gotti -- son of the infamous Gambino boss -- on a slew of charges." The Midget faces trial in April 2018.

Earlier coverage:

Sinaloa Boss El Chapo Faces April 2018 Drug Trial In Brooklyn Federal District Court

El Chapo Godson Indicted On Drug Charges In San Diego

Damaso Lopez-Serrano a/k/a Mini Lic, the godson of Sinaloa drug cartel boss Joaquin Guzman, has been indicted on federal charges in San Diego, CA as reported by KSWB. Guzman -- known as "El Chapo" or "the Midget" -- was extradited last January to face trafficking charges in New York, and his trial is tentatively scheduled for April 2018.

Further reading that may be of interest:

Representative Gutierrez Remains Silent On Sinaloa Cartel In His Congressional District

Murder Rate Soars Throughout Mexico Due To Civil War Within Sinaloa Cartel

A "bloody power struggle inside one of Mexico's most powerful drug cartels have put the country on track to record more killings in 2017 than in any year since the government began releasing crime data in 1997" as reported by the Los Angeles Times: "the explosion of violence appears linked to the arrest and extradition of former drug boss Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman" as his sons battle "another clique for control of the powerful Sinaloa cartel since his arrest last year."

Further reading that may be of interest:

Representative Gutierrez Remains Silent On Sinaloa Cartel In His Congressional District

Sinaloa Boss El Chapo Faces April 2018 Drug Trial In Brooklyn Federal District Court

Mexican narco Joaquin Guzman known as "El Chapo" or "the Midget" was extradited in January 2017 to face trafficking charges in New York, and at a court hearing last Friday the presiding judge tentatively scheduled his drug trial for April 2018 as reported by The New York Times: "at a hearing in Federal District Court in Brooklyn, prosecutors said that Mr. Guzmán's trial could last three months and include up to 1,500 audio recordings of the defendant and his allies alongside nearly 10,000 pages of documents." Meanwhile, in his absence, turf wars are erupting back in Guzman's stomping grounds for control over the narco trade as reported by The Guardian: "the disputes have turned Sinaloa -- a long sliver of pine-clad mountains and Pacific coast beaches -- into one of Mexico's most violent states in 2017." Indeed, Sinaloa has become almost as violent as Chicago which is the cartel's U.S. distribution center.

Further reading that may be of interest:

Representative Gutierrez Remains Silent On Sinaloa Cartel In His Congressional District

Narco Wench Emma Coronel Stands By Her Imprisoned Man El Chapo

Emma Coronel, the 26-year-old wife of Joaquin Guzman who was extradited to the United States earlier this month, is a degenerate apologist for her narco hubby as reported by the Post: "'Emma is really his mouthpiece,' said Jack Riley, formerly the highest-ranking special agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration who tracked El Chapo for the last 25 years," and "shortly after her husband's capture in a predawn shootout with Mexican naval forces in January 2016, Emma became the star of a p.r. campaign orchestrated by El Chapo to draw attention to his deteriorating health and harsh imprisonment." Two days after his arrival at a federal jail in New York dear Emma tweeted in Spanish "the night arrives and my heart remembers you, here where you always reside and where no one will erase you or replace you."

Miss Coronel married Joaquin Guzman in 2007 on the same day she turned 18 years old, and "the Coronel and Guzman families are the foundation upon which the Sinaloa Cartel was built" as reported by the Daily Mail: "the marriage between El Chapo and Coronel was seen by many as a calculated move to bind the ties between the cartel's central families."

Unfortunately, Emma Coronel is an American citizen and is allowed to travel freely into the United States including the Los Angeles area where she has a home, and in August 2011 she gave birth to twin girls at Antelope Valley Hospital in Lancaster, CA. No doubt the exorcist team for the Catholic Church is monitoring the twin girls as the devil's spawn.

Further reading that may be of interest:

Representative Gutierrez Remains Silent On Sinaloa Cartel In His Congressional District