So far there are no indications which relate the lifeless bodies found in different municipalities with events on the coast of Jalisco. Working on the identification of the same.
Proceso reports the same.
One of the bodies appeared to have been dead for some time, it was like a bag of bones.
On Twitter, some are claiming one of the dead is Juan David Calva, the former bodyguard for the Ex-Governor of Jalisco, Emilio Gonzalez Marquez, who authorities confirmed was one of the six men kidnapped from La Leche.
Again, there is no indication Alfredo Guzman-Salazar is one of the deceased. Don't fall for this photo spreading on Twitter --it's of someone killed in May in Aguascaliente.
El Chapo's lawyer says he knows about the kidnapping.
In November, 2015, Mexico's PGR disclosed that CJNG helped fund El Chapo's 2015 escape by agreeing to pay $2 million pesos for legal fees for those caught helping him. (English news report here.)
In related news, a Judge yesterday granted El Chapo's Amparo and ordered him returned to Altiplano, the prison from which he last escaped. The Government will appeal, which is expected to take 3-4 months.
La Leche has reopened and the Chef/owner gives an interview.
The feds (PGR) have taken over the kidnapping investigation. That's not good for Alfredo, because while there is no criminal proceeding against him in Mexico, if he's found, PGR is likely to hold him for extradition to the U.S.
Unresolved: Whether Ivan Guzman-Salazar is the man who left the restaurant 33 seconds before the kidnappers arrived and later flew out of Puerta Vallarta (as did the 9 women at the table), was somehow kidnapped at another location, or wasn't at La Leche at all that night. He hasn't surfaced yet -- news media quote an unconfirmed twitter account saying he's fine.
Lastly for today, the Daily Beast questions the whole official story of the kidnapping.
So, given that record, what’s with this bloodless coup at La Leche? Is it some grotesque exaction on El Chapo’s son in the offing? Or is this an inside job, and not a CNJG op at all? Could it be a ruse? In Narcolandia, no one theory necessarily excludes another; in a war of succession, the game of cartel thrones, who is loyal? Who betrays? Who knows?
I questioned it as well here.
Journalist and author Jose Reveles suspects it was "friendly fire" planned in advance. He notes Sinaloa and CNJG aren't really enemies.