Escaped Drug Lord Suspected in Hits
Guatemalan authorities are investigating whether escaped Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera is behind recent assassination attempts on the family of a retired Guatemalan general.
Police in Guatemala believe that “El Chapo” may be hiding there and are investigating whether he ordered revenge hits Wednesday on the daughter and wife of retired Gen. Otto Perez Molina, the Reforma paper reported. The daughter was wounded and the wife unharmed. Press accounts say Perez orchestrated Guzman’s capture in 1993.
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