Heir Apparent to 'El Chapo's' Throne: The Narco-Corrido Remains the Same

There is an heir apparent to the Narco scene in Mexico, the purported "Godson" of "El Chapo" Joaquin Guzman, whose name is Dámaso López, and who goes by the moniker "El Mini Lic," according to reports from the narco blogs.

López, a young millionaire who is said to travel with a gold-plated AK-47 and some of the most beautiful women in Mexico, uses Twitter and is the product of a long history of training in the Sinaloa cartel.

The Sinaloa cartel was founded in 1989, led by Joaquin Guzman Loera, Ismael Zambada Garcia and Juan Jose Esparragoza Moreno, and is said to have control over the states of Sinaloa, Sonora, Nayarit, Chihuahua, Durango, Jalisco, Colima, Chiapas, Tamaulipas, Guerrero , Zacatecas, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Oaxaca, Guanajuato, Querétaro, Tlaxcala, Puebla, Morelios and Mexico City.

It is also said to have extensive operations in the United States, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, where its operations produce profits in the billions.

Damaso Lopez aka "El Mini Lic " was one of the leaders of this army of assassins and as chief financial operator of the Sinaloa cartel, of course, he was always guarded and directed by his Godfather, the number two in control with powerful institutional connections that protect his group.

Now, thanks to the tradition of "Narco-Corridos," this heir apparent is getting his international recognition. On Feb. 22, 2013, when the Billboard international awards for Latin Music were held at the American Airlines Center in Miami and broadcast live on the Univision Network, musician Gerardo Ortiz was nominated for his song "Damaso," a ballad extolling Dámaso López, the designated successor of Joaquin Guzman Loera , alias "El Chapo Guzman," the richest and most powerful drug trafficker of all time.

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