How the Guzmán Boys Turned Culiacán into Grand Theft Auto: Cartel Edition
Los Chapitos, El Chapo's sons, have seized control of the Sinaloa Cartel, flooding Culiacán with violence and fentanyl. Backed by Asian chemical suppliers and local hitmen, they've built a formidable criminal empire.
Culiacán, a once relatively quiet Mexican town is now ground zero in a war waged by the sons of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, known in the underworld as Los Chapitos. These young inheritors of the Sinaloa Cartel empire are no longer boys working under the radar—they’re ambitious heirs overseeing a complex and brutal operation, turning Culiacán into a kingdom forged in violence, money, and fentanyl.
If you think their power is some generational gift handed down from father to son, you’d be mistaken. Their power is not simply the product of Guzmán family heritage. This is power built on a criminal infrastructure so vast it spans the globe—from bloodstained corners of Culiacán to secretive labs in Asia, where obscure figures pull levers behind the scenes, supplying them with the materials needed to fuel their empire. In short, they’re the puppeteers in this macabre play, pulling the strings, orchestrating chaos—and, predictably, cashing in.
