The mother of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán has died in Mexico, official confirms

By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO
Associated Press

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The mother of convicted drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has died in the northern state of Sinaloa. That’s according to a federal official who is not authorized to speak on the record. Mexico’s president has acknowledged her death and offered his “respect” to the family. Consuelo Loera rose to fame when she appealed to the president for help with a visa to visit her son in prison in the U.S. The head of Mexico’s state media agency describes her as “a simple woman from Sinaloa” who always denied publicly that her son led the most powerful drug cartel in Mexico.