Mexico says federal authorities have detained a nephew of the former Sinaloa cartel boss, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.
Mexican officials say Guzmán’s nephew was captured in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, near the border with Arizona.
El Chapo is currently imprisoned at a maximum security facility in the United States after decades of leading the Sinaloa cartel from Mexico. Two of his sons allegedly run a faction of the Sinaloa cartel known as “Los Chapitos.”
Derivado de trabajos de inteligencia militar central de @Defensamx1 y en coordinación con @FGRMexico, a través de la Agencia de Investigación Criminal, @GN_MEXICO_ e instituciones del @GabSeguridadMX, se realizaron dos acciones relevantes contra estructuras criminales.
— Omar H Garcia Harfuch (@OHarfuch) May 26, 2026
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In a post on social media, Mexican Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch identified the suspect as a nephew of El Chapo, but by only his first name, Mexico’s standard for keeping suspects anonymous.
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