Guatemala investigating if Chapo Guzman possibly dead in armed confrontation

According to elnuevoherald.com, Guatemala authorities are investigating Thursday whether Mexican drug lord Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman, leader of the powerful Sinaloa cartel, may have died in a gun battle in the Department of Petén in northern border with Mexico, said Interior Minister Mauricio Lopez.

“At the moment we have is the confirmation of an armed confrontation. There are facilities in the area, we are seeing all the documentation, we are seeing photographs (…) meanwhile will be information that can not hundred percent sure, but we have as first information field is that it could be him, “said Lopez, when asked by the United Stations Radio if it could be the ‘Chapo’ Guzman. Read Article