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Pedro Camacho

Family of 'El Chapo' Guzmán is Using Witness Protection as Strategy to Keep Control of Sinaloa Cartel, Mexican Expert Says

"El Chapo" Guzmán is serving a life sentence in the U.S. and his three sons —Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Sálazar, Ovidio Guzmán López and Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar— have been charged. (Credit: AFP)

The recent entry of 17 family members of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán into the United States, including his former wife Griselda López, is part of a coordinated strategy that reflects a calculated decision within the Sinaloa Cartel, according to Mexican national security analyst David Saucedo.

In an interview with Luis Chaparro, the journalist who first revealed the family's entry into the U.S., Saucedo argued that the move is not a surrender, but a division of roles designed to maintain operational control while gaining protection and legal advantages through cooperation with U.S. authorities.

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