Nephew of El Chapo killed, son of "El Guano", who is in a power struggle with Chapo's sons

Posted  by Mica for Borderland Beat  from Altavoz

Culiacán, Sin.- One of the people who died during a fierce confrontation in the municipality of Badiraguato, between two groups of drug traffickers of the Sinaloa Cartel, is supposedly Aureliano Guzmán Araujo, aka El Pelón or El Guanito, who is the son of Aureliano Guzmán Loera, alias El Guano, brother of drug trafficker Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán.

The confrontation was recorded yesterday afternoon around 18:00 hours on one of the main streets of the municipal capital of Badiraguato.

Neighbors and police reported that two armed groups that had been pursuing each other,  from one of the communities nearby, a  confronted each other there.

It was on one of the main streets and when dozens of motorists and people passed by, when the confrontation arose.

The incident caused panic among the people, many of whom threw themselves to the ground and remained there until the shooting ceased.

During the seizure of the place, police and military arrived, who also confronted the groups of assassins, who carried assault rifles AK-47 and Barret caliber 50’s.

The confrontation lasted several minutes and at the end of which the death of one person was reported, as well as three other injuries, including a woman and a soldier.

Police reported that the person who died could be Aureliano Guzmán Araujo, alias El Pelón, who is the son of "El Guano", brother of El Chapo Guzmán.

According to information from federal authorities, El Guano maintains a dispute over the control of the Sinaloa Cartel against his nephews known as  "Los Chapitos", wjho are the sons of Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán.