Arturo Guzmán Loera is the brother of Mexican former drug lord Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera popularly known as “El Chapo”. El Chapo used to be a leader within the Sinaloa Cartel. Forbes ranked him as one of the most powerful people in the world between 2009 and 2013. The TV series El Chapo, co-produced by Netflix and Univision is about El Chapo’s life.
Arturo Guzmán Loera: Bio Summary
Who Is Joaquín Guzmán’s Brother, Arturo?
Arturo Guzmán Loera, also known as ‘El Pollo’ is the brother of Sinaloa Cartel leader El Chapo born Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera. While Arturo’s date of birth is unknown, he is the son of Emilio Guzmán Bustillos and María Consuelo Loera Pérez. His father was a cattle rancher who might have also been a gomero, an opium poppy farmer. He was born into a poor family.
Arturo Guzmán Loera may have been born in La Tuna, Mexico as his family lived at La Tuna for many generations. He is the brother of Joaquín Guzmán, Miguel Ángel Guzmán Loera, Bernarda Guzmán Loera, Aureliano Guzmán Loera, Emilio Guzmán Loera, Ovidio Guzmán Loera, and Armida Guzmán Loera. He is said to have had three unnamed brothers who died of natural causes.
Arturo Guzmán Loera’s paternal grandparents are called Juan Guzmán and Otilia Bustillos. Ovidio Loera Cobret and Pomposa Pérez Uriarte are the names of Arturo’s maternal grandparents. There is little information about his upbringing on the internet. However, growing up, he and his siblings especially Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, endured physical abuse at the hands of their father.
El Chapo who was regularly beaten, stood up to his father to protect his younger siblings from being beaten. Accompanied by El Chapo, his father sold marijuana at commercial centers but he spent most of the profits on liquor and women. He was often back home with no money. However, there is no information about Arturo Guzmán’s academic background.
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Arturo Guzmán Was Arrested
Arturo Guzmán Loera assumed leadership in the Sinaloa Cartel, an international organized crime syndicate that specializes in illegal drug trafficking and money laundering. He assumed leadership while his brother Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán was in prison. He was also the head of logistics for the criminal group. It is said that he took care of El Chapo’s children while he was in prison.
Arturo Guzmán Loera took part in his brother’s escape on January 19, 2001. He was considered a “high-level assassin” by authorities in Mexico and the United States. After his brother El Chapo escaped from prison and returned, Arturo became one of his brother’s closest advisers. Arturo got himself arrested and admitted to the Altiplano prison.
Arturo Guzmán was arrested in a drug trafficking operation. He was charged with the promotion, production, trafficking, and extraction of drugs from Mexico to the United States. He was accused of creating a 60-meter drug tunnel built for drug smuggling on the border between Tijuana and San Ysidro. His brother El Chapo had tried everything to free Arturo.
Per a source, they had planned to get Arturo to escape from prison by a helicopter, a Bell Textron Ranger 407 that El Chapo had bought. The helicopter was to be flown by his trusted pilot, El Tinieblo. The plan was to install loudspeakers on the plane to announce that there was a bomb in the iron box and that they shouldn’t shoot because another helicopter would come and deactivate it.
The pilot is said to have explained that the plan would be a difficult one. El Chapo then decided to let go of the idea.
How Did Joaquín Guzmán’s Brother Die?
Joaquín Guzmán’s brother, Arturo Guzmán Loera was assassinated in prison with a pistol that was smuggled into the prison, while he was speaking with his lawyer, in the booth area. He was reportedly murdered by the Juarez Cartel in retaliation for the murder of Rodolfo Carrillo Fuentes, with Rodolfo’s brother Vicente Carrillo Fuentes ordering the hit.
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Arturo Guzmán was shot seven times. The bullets lodged in his chest, abdomen, and spinal cord. He died on 31 December 2004, in Santa Juana Centro, Almoloya de Juárez Municipality, México, Mexico, and was buried at Panteón Jardines del Humaya, in Culiacán, Culiacán Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico, per Findagrave.
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