{"id":1430602,"date":"2023-10-05T01:20:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T05:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1430602"},"modified":"2023-10-05T01:20:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T05:20:00","slug":"el-chapos-sons-allegedly-ban-fentanyl-production-in-northern-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/el-chapos-sons-allegedly-ban-fentanyl-production-in-northern-mexico\/1430602\/","title":{"rendered":"El Chapo&#8217;s Sons Allegedly Ban Fentanyl Production In Northern Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">El Chapo&#8217;s Sons Allegedly Ban Fentanyl Production In Northern Mexico<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>Large roadside banners have appeared on bridges in northern Mexico that state the Sinaloa Cartel has banned fentanyl production and sales. The banner was signed with the words &#8220;Los Chapitos,&#8221; the sons of ex-Mexican drug lord Joaquin &#8220;El Chapo&#8221; Guzman. This comes as US authorities are increasing pressure on Mexico to take action against drug cartels flooding the US with fentanyl, which has sparked the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/medical\/twin-crisis-rattles-america-suicides-and-drug-overdoses-hit-record-highs\">worst drug crisis<\/a>\u00a0this country has ever seen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to X user\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michelleriveraa\/status\/1708866943640563860?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1708866943640563860%7Ctwgr%5E086aac631eaafd86b8d5a2e21276a5b0ded57a55%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fworld-news%2F2023%2F10%2F03%2Fel-chapos-sons-ban-production-sales-fentanyl-sinaloa%2F\"><em>&#8220;Michelle Rivera,&#8221;<\/em><\/a>\u00a0the banner reads:\u00a0<em>&#8220;In Sinaloa, the sale, manufacture, transportation or any type of business that involves the substance known as fentanyl is strictly prohibited, including the sale of chemicals for its production.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Rivera said,\u00a0<em>&#8220;Narcomantas allegedly signed by the criminal group &#8220;Los Chapitos&#8221; were placed in various points throughout the State.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>She added:\u00a0<em>&#8220;They also assure that they have never been related to the fentanyl business &#8220;Depend on the consequences&#8221; they warn.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEn <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sinaloa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Sinaloa<\/a> queda prohibida la venta o tr\u00e1fico de <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Fentanilo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Fentanilo<\/a>\u201d dicen \u201clos chapitos\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Narcomantas presuntamente firmadas por el grupo delictivo \u201cLos Chapitos&#8221; fueron colocadas en diversos puntos de todo el Estado.<\/p>\n<p>En ellas informan que &#8220;En Sinaloa, queda estrictamente prohibido\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YbYyxDP8JS\">pic.twitter.com\/YbYyxDP8JS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michelle Rivera (@michelleriveraa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michelleriveraa\/status\/1708866943640563860?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear if the Sinaloa Cartel, which Guzman&#8217;s sons now run after their father was extradited to the US in 2017, fastened the banners to bridges and overpasses.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/world-news\/2023\/10\/03\/el-chapos-sons-ban-production-sales-fentanyl-sinaloa\/\">The Telegraph<\/a>\u00a0noted, &#8220;The banners appeared at a time when US authorities are ramping up pressure on Mexico to take action against crime groups involved in fentanyl production&#8221; amid yet another year drug overdoses in the US are expected to reach another record.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2023-10-03_13-08-41.png?itok=40V_SDUW\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leo Silva, a former US Drug Enforcement Administration agent who worked in Mexico, said the Los Chapitos are trying to shift blame for the fentanyl production that floods the US. She said, &#8220;Coupled with the extradition of one of the brothers, it&#8217;s a ploy to take the heat off of them,&#8221; adding, &#8220;I don&#8217;t see them stopping production.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen if Los Chapitos will enact such a ban across Sinaloa. But why would they if they&#8217;re driven by profits and the gift of the Biden administration to keep the southern border wide open?\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" class=\"username\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Wed, 10\/04\/2023 &#8211; 21:20<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/el-chapos-sons-allegedly-ban-fentanyl-production-northern-mexico\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/el-chapos-sons-allegedly-ban-fentanyl-production-northern-mexico<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El Chapo&#8217;s Sons Allegedly Ban Fentanyl Production In Northern Mexico Large roadside banners have appeared on bridges in northern Mexico that state the Sinaloa Cartel&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1430602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1430602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1430602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1430602\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1430602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1430602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1430602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}