A major Mexican security operation in Sinaloa set off a wave of speculation that Aureliano Guzmán Loera, better known as "El Guano" and identified as a brother of Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, had been captured.
By late afternoon on Wednesday, April 22, however, Mexico's Defense Ministry had denied to Infobae México that 'El Guano' was among those detained. Mexican Security Minister Omar García Harfuch did confirm that arrests were made during the operation but said authorities could not yet identify the detainees publicly because the case remained under investigation.
