the story of “El Chapo” Guzmán’s brother who was murdered in prison – 2024-03-06 06:35:41

Throughout his life, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has suffered the consequences of being one of the most powerful drug traffickers in the world being a victim of multiple violent acts.

One of them happened on May 8, 2008, when Edgar Guzman Lopezone of the four children he had with his second wife, died after being shot more than 500 times outside a shopping center in Culiacán, Sinaloa.

However, the first family tragedy in the life of the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel was recorded four years earlier, when his younger brother was murdered inside a prison in Mexico.

This violent event took place on December 31, 2004 inside the Federal Center for Social Rehabilitation Number 1, then known as La Palma.

Arturo Guzmán Loera, alias “El Pollo”, On New Year’s Eve, he was talking to his lawyer in the federal prison locker room when another prisoner entered and shot him.

Six bullets hit the body of “El Pollo”who presented severe injuries to the thorax, abdomen and spinal cord.

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Due to this attack, the younger brother of “El Chapo” Guzmán died at the scene and His remains were transferred to his native Sinaloa so that his family could bury him.

This is Arturo Guzman-Loera aka El Pollo. He’s El Chapo’s younger brother who took over the business after Chapo was captured in 1993. He was shot to death in a Mexican prison in 2005. pic.twitter.com/cNnfaHxu2o

— Keegan Hamilton (@keegan_hamilton) November 28, 2018

Who murdered “El Chapo’s” brother?

According to the authorities’ report, the person responsible for the death of Arturo Guzmán Loera was Jose Ramirez Villanuevaanother inmate who supposedly He was forced to carry out this crime through direct threats against him and his family.

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That December 31, Ramírez Villanueva went to a bathroom near the place where “El Pollo” was, He took possession of a previously hidden weapon and finally shot him.

For this crime, Ramírez Villanueva was sentenced to 37 years and seven months in prison. after the sixth court of Toluca, State of Mexico, found him criminally responsible for the crimes of homicide and illegal possession of a firearm.