MEXICO CITY — After working months with U.S. intelligence, the Mexican navy nabbed a big prize in a known narco-haven in suburban Guadalajara: the son of Mexico’s top fugitive drug lord. But his wife says they got the wrong man.
The man arrested Thursday as the presumed son of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, is really Felix Beltran Leon, the 23-year-old father of a toddler who works with his mother-in-law at a used car dealership, said Karla Pacheco.
The Mexican navy employed great fanfare when they presented a man they identified as Alfredo Guzman Salazar, saying he is thought to be the son of Sinaloa Cartel head Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, as well as a rising operator in the international drug trafficking organization.
“There is total confusion,” said his lawyer Veronica Guerrero said, “… which is having a serious effect on their personal and family situation.”
The Mexican Attorney General’s Office issued a statement Friday saying its information came from the U.S. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency said the information came from Mexico. Both say they’re checking their DNA files. The Associated Press
