10 cartel members linked to notorious drug lord's brother captured in Mexico

Crime 10 cartel members linked to brother of drug lord "El Chapo" captured in Mexico in operation aided by U.S. intelligence Updated on: April 24, 2026 / 6:37 AM EDT / CBS/AFP Add CBS News on Google Mexican soldiers captured three of the closest allies of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's brother in an operation backed by U.S. intelligence, the military said Thursday.Ten members of the faction of the Sinaloa cartel led by Aureliano Guzman Loera, known as "El Guano," were captured in the operation.The raid was carried out with intelligence provided by the U.S., the military said.The detentions took place in Tamazula, a mountainous village near the border between the states of Durango and Sinaloa where "El Guano" exercised his greatest influence.Among the detained were Aureliano's Guzman's "right-hand man," chief bodyguard, and financial and logistical aide, the defense secretary said in a statement.Mexican marines supported by helicopters had deployed in December to the same region on another operation to try and capture Aureliano Guzman, according to local journalists. The U.S. State Department has offered a reward of $5 million for information leading to his arrest and conviction. Aureliano Guzman Loera, alias "El Guano." U.S. Department of State Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is carrying out a life sentence in the United States, where two of his sons are also awaiting trial. His associates have unleashed a war over control of the Sinaloa cartel against factions tied to Ismael Zambada, the cofounder of the group who is also awaiting trial in the United States.The military raid in the mountainous sierra where "El Chapo" used to hide took place amid tensions between Mexico and the United States over the presence of two U.S. agents in an anti-narcotics operation carried out without the apparent approval of President Claudia Sheinbaum's administration. The U.S. agents were killed alongside two Mexican officials in a car crash following a raid on a clandestine drug...