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New Generation of Mexican Cartel Leaders Are Much More Violent Than Their Predecessors, Specialist Says

From left to right: Ovidio, Iván Archivaldo, Jesús Alfredo and Joaquín Guzmán López, sons of Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán (Credit: Latin Times)

After the arrests and convictions of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada and Joaquín Guzmán López, son on "El Chapo" Guzmán, drug trafficking organizations in the Mexican state of Sinaloa have seen a reshuffle to their structure including new leaders and strategies to combat rival cliques.

Once Guzmán López allegedly betrayed "El Mayo" and turned him in to U.S. authorities back in July, the Sinaloa Cartel organigram saw the rise of new leaders. But for investigative journalist Anabel Hernández, the new generation of "narcos" seems to be much more violent than the previous one.

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