“El Mochomito”, nephew of El Chapo, the author of the attack on his mother's house

Alfredo Beltran Guzman El Mochomito, eldest son of Alfredo Beltran Leyva and nephew of Joaquin Guzman Loera El Chapo Guzman has declared war on the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel in La Tuna, the heart of his territory in the Golden Triangle that for decades had been untouchable and a safe place for him and his family.

According to information gathered by Proceso from direct witnesses, the group of more than 50 armed men dressed in black and wearing hoods who attacked Saturday morning La Tuna in Badiraguato, Sinaloa and forcibly entered Consuelo Loera's hacienda, El Chapo mother, acted under the orders of El Mochomito and not on orders of Isidro Meza Flores El Chapo Isidro as it had been reported.

It was confirmed that at the time of the attack Guzman Loera's mother was in the building under the care of a woman who helps with the housework. The group of men entered the house, pointed a gun at the person who cared for Mrs. Consuelo and took away her phone, from the mother of El Chapo they demanded the keys to the house, they stole motorcycles and cut off the Internet of the house.


The assault on the hacienda lasted a few minutes and then the armed group went on shooting and burning the surrounding houses. While the armed group attacked the other inhabitants of the area, Consuelo Loera and the woman who cared for her escape aboard a plane that took off from one of the clandestine airstrips.

"All the men committing the attacks shout out that they are from the Beltran Leyva and that El Mochomito" was the one who sent them there, one of the witnesses told Proceso, which is interpreted as a clear declaration of war. It is states that during the seven days after the attack, the armed men continued the attacks in La Tuna, La Palma and Arroyo Seco intimidating the population who fled the area. And was until Saturday June 18 that the army came to La Tuna.

Those who have seen Consuelo Loera, say that she is still very nervous about what happened, but was not injured and the fact has had no impact on her health.

As it was confirmed this week Joaquin Guzman Loera, who is being held in the Cefereso number 9 in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua awaiting his extradition was told without many details of the attack on his mother. He reacted with a lot of concern.

Proceso obtained exclusive photographs of La Tuna, where the attack occurred. They are several houses with bullet holes, also vehicles and even the welcome sign to La Tuna.

According to the testimonies, three men were killed in La Tuna and two more in the settlement of Arroyo Seco, and the comando burned the body of a man from the waist down and is currently hospitalized in Culiacan with delicate health.

"In La Tuna, one of the houses pulled lady and set fire to the place for your child to come out. When he left, he was killed in front of the old lady, "one witness told.

"El Mochomito"

Beltrán Guzman, 24, is the eldest son of the Beltran Leyva cartel capo, who was extradited to the United States in November 2014 and is subject to criminal proceedings in the District Court of Columbia.

Beltrán Guzman is a direct nephew of El Chapo Guzman. His grandfather is Ernesto Guzman, son of Emilio Guzman Bustillo, father of El Chapo. His mother is Patricia Nunez Guzman, niece of the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel.

Ernesto Guzman was executed last year in the Golden Triangle. For many years El Mochomito, who ordered the attack on the house of the mother of Joaquin Guzman Loera, was considered as one of the Guzman Loera clan and he will go to family gatherings and was called Tito.

"I'm Alfredo Tito that's the way they call me, I am the son of Mr. Alfredo Beltran he is my father and I would give my life for him, as he will do for me without thinking," says one of the corridos dedicated to the son of the boss.

"La Palma is where these memories were born, advice from my grandfather and my dad, I am today a man and I will never forget those days, in my mind I will always have, the support of my clan so far I have, the same way with my uncle Joaquín Guzman ".

"The horses is something that I like to the rhythm of a good corrido would have to dance, also I have a great fondness for guns, if I need to I also know how to shoot, the blood in my veins is disquieted me, when a northern begins to play. "

"It's nice to have people you can trust, friends with whom you can always count, a big hug and greetings to my friend Neto, also for, mini lic who know that I appreciate his friendship and my cousins ​​Ivan and Alfredo Guzman".

"The experience has come to me over time, contacts and partners are serious, today I am very comfortable and I travel whatever I want, but I'm  respected at a short age," reads the corrido.

Now within the family there is a war looming within the Guzman family.

Old grudges

Beltran Leyva and Guzman Loera were not only family but they were also partners in the mega cartel called the Federation. According to records from the PGR, was Arturo Beltran Leyva El Barbas himself, who for years will sent money to El Chapo to bribe public officials at the maximum security prison in Puente Grande, Jalisco, and to buy senior officials in the federal government, which allowed his escape from prison in January 2001.

After his escape, El Chapo, the Beltran Leyva, Ismael El Mayo Zambada, Ignacio Coronel Aispuro, Vicente Carrillo Fuentes and Juan Jose Esparragoza Moreno El Azul created the Federation in which they converged criminal organizations and territories of all partners and thus grew Guzman Loera power, to become according to the US government, the most powerful drug trafficker in the world.

In January 2008, following the arrest of Alfredo Beltran Leyva in Culiacan, Sinaloa, an internal war broke out between the Federation. Beltran Leyva, Carrillo Fuentes and Los Zetas, created an alliance and began a bloody war that caused more than 60,000 deaths in Mexico in the midst of a bloody battle for territory as Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua.

The arrest of Hector Beltran Leyva in 2014, who had remained as head of the family cartel, had weakened the criminal organization and was left in the hands of El Chapo Isidro. The children of the Beltran Leyva had not assumed an important role within the organization, until today, the emerging leadership of El Mochomito.

According to research conducted within the Guzman Loera family there is great concern not only for the attack happened but because the battle is within the family itself in an unprecedented event.

This article was translated from Proceso