Omar García Harfuch, the secretary for security and citizen protection, stated that Iván Archivaldo Guzmán, the leader of "Los Chapitos", was not a "target" in the two arrests that took place last week in Sinaloa. From the presidential palace Harfuch stated that the arrest of Iván Archivaldo was not a priority and reaffirmed the message that said "El Chapo's son" escaped through a tunnel to Culiacán: "The goals were very clear." He emphasized that the strategic objective of the Mexican government was to arrest "El 200", the leader of the security group "Los Chapitos", and "El Guerito", a financial operator of this criminal group. "The task and operation of the Mexican army and the Navy is fully centered on these two objectives," he emphasized at the morning press conference.
Additionally, the police detailed that for the arrest of these Mexican drug traffickers there were two separate operations: "In the morning there was an operation to arrest Insunza, and in the evening we arrested "El 200". Both targets were successfully arrested".
Conversations about the fact that Iván Archivaldo escaped through the tunnel began after journalist on security issues José Luis Montegriego revealed that the leader "Los Chapitos" escaped, emulating the style of his father "El Chapo" Guzmán. At that time the communicator asserted that the authorities were barely able to arrest Iván Archivaldo after the arrest of his security chief "El 200", which occurred on February 20. "According to my contacts, Iván Archivaldo also managed to escape through the tunnel, as his father did to avoid being arrested by Mexican authorities. This person is wounded," he recounted in an interview.
Moreover, the journalist stated that the leader "Los Chapitos" is in a precarious state, as being arrested could be challenging: "This is a person who is constantly on edge, not sleeping. He even starts to get jumpy - as they say in the criminal world - or betray their closest ones, because they fear that they will be betrayed first."
