This was the life of ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán while he was hiding from justice in Sinaloa

In the north-west of Mexico there is a mountainous region which is difficult of access and which is of great interest to the authorities of Mexico and the United States. About that ‘Golden Triangle’whose boundaries extend between states Sinaloa, Chihuahua and DurangoWhich turned out to be an ideal hideout for drug traffickers.

Sinaloa cartel leader Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada is believed to have managed to elude authorities in the area for decades, but he wouldn’t be the first to do so: his main partner, Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ GuzmanSpent many years in hiding in this region.

According to the testimony of Alex Cifuentes, the former leader of the notorious Colombian drug trafficker, the Sinaloa Cartel. At least owned Seven properties In the mountains of the ‘Golden Triangle’ and, as he revealed to a New York court in 2019, ‘El Chapo’ used it frequently between 2006 and 2008, which was his peak.

Cifuentes assured US authorities that he knew about these properties because, as part of an agreement that sought to guarantee that the cocaine profits his family provided to Sinaloa bosses were properly delivered, She moved in with him in the fall of 2007. In time, he became one of her key partners.

“I did what Joaquin told me to do”It was revealed in the trial against ‘El Chapo’.

Cifuentes’ testimony shows that Guzmán Loera was extremely strict about security and organization, as he only had A large number of gunmen who guarded the area and supervised the army, but also had several personal secretaries in his service who always took notes in pocket notebooks.

“There were always too many things to do and too many numbers,” he recalled.

‘El Chapo’ also required the services of his secretaries to receive messages from his partners and associates as well as organize his agenda, which he attended without leaving the area.

“He used to wake up at noon. After lunch, he called his partners and walked under the tree,” Sifuentes added.

Cifuentes’ statement reveals another fact.

Houses owned by ‘El Chapo’ They were small and wooden, different from the luxuries he was used to. However, each had their own electricity generator, had satellite television and Internet access; Also tinted windows.

Two residences frequently used by ‘El Chapo’ were known as ‘Las Trancas’ and ‘La Playa’, the latter so named. It was next to a swamp.

A United States government investigation revealed that during the time that ‘El Chapo’ was hiding in the ‘Golden Triangle’, he had Strict security planOrganized into three rings.

Some of Guzmán Loera’s hitmen patrolled the area around the house where he was sleeping, where he usually did not spend much time. Others were in charge of patrolling the roads and personnel of other armed forces.

However, ‘El Chapo’ never refused visits from family members and close associates who, according to Cifuentes, They had to come in a small plane. He disclosed this in his statement Emma Coronal IcepuroThe drug trafficker’s third wife, attended the event.

Even your hidden area It was a birthday party sceneDetailed information on Colombian drug trafficking.

It would have been April 4, 2008, Guzmán Loera’s 51st birthday. He received many gifts that day, among them a white armored truck and a camouflaged all-terrain vehicle.

The exact date on which ‘El Chapo’ may have decided to abandon this lifestyle is unknown, as Sifuentes received authorization from his direct boss to travel to Cancun in the spring of 2009.

Five years later, ‘El Chapo’ would be arrested for the second time.