Mexican Soldiers Capture El Chapo's Brother's Allies

On Thursday, Mexican soldiers captured ten members of the Sinaloa Cartel, including the closest allies of Aureliano Guzmán Loera, known as "El Guano," during a military operation supported by U.S. intelligence. The raid took place in a mountain village near the border of Durango and Sinaloa.

Aureliano Guzmán, who is the brother of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, is known to have significant influence among those detained. The operation involved U.S. military intelligence and was reportedly conducted without the apparent approval of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum's administration.

Joaquín Guzmán is currently serving a life sentence in the United States, while his two sons await trial. The raid occurred amid rising tensions regarding U.S. military presence in Mexico, with Sheinbaum repeatedly rejecting offers for military aid from the U.S. to combat cartels, emphasizing limitations on intelligence sharing and prohibiting ground actions by foreign agents without federal government authorization.