The agreed surrender that no one expected
Chapo‘s children are playing their last cards. As reported by Los Angeles Times, Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar and his brother Jesús—the leaders of the Los Chapitos faction of the Sinaloa Cartel—have already established contact with the United States government to explore a controlled delivery. Yes, you read correctly: the most wanted fugitives from Mexican drug trafficking would be negotiating their own end.
“According to two sources informed on the subject, but not authorized to speak publicly, the fugitive children of former drug trafficker Joaquín Guzmán Loera began contacts about a year ago,” details journalist Keegan Hamilton in the report.
The Chicago factor: the key to everything
But this is not a blank check. The Guzmán Salazar brothers are waiting to see how the court cases of their half-brothers detained in Chicago: Joaquín and Ovidio Guzmán are resolved. They want to read the script before going on stage. They want to know if the American justice system offers them a less tragic ending than their father’s.
What’s behind it? Pure strategy. If their half-siblings’ cases move toward reduced sentences or cooperation, they jump on the bandwagon. If not, perhaps they prefer to remain underground. It is political-drug trafficking theater at its finest: every calculated move, every contact a chess move.
Meanwhile, the Mexican government watches silently. But let’s not fool ourselves: this is not just any surrender. It’s a high-stakes negotiation where the biggest prize is not just freedom, but survival.
