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    ‘El Mago,’ trafficker linked to son of Sinaloa cartel kingpin, gunned down in LA

    by Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times Nov 24, 2023 5 minutes
    Members of the Mexican army drive on a road a day after an operation to arrest the son of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, Ovidio Guzman, in Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico, on Jan. 6, 2023.

    A convicted drug trafficker linked to the Sinaloa cartel who worked for the son of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was gunned down Thursday morning in an industrial stretch of Willowbrook, according to authorities and court records

    Eduardo Escobedo, 39, was one of two men killed in the 14200 block of Towne Avenue, according to officials from the Los Angeles Medical Examiner-Coroner and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The other victim was Guillermo De Los Angeles Jr., 47.

    Around 8 a.m. Thursday, sheriff’s deputies responded to an industrial area filled with warehouses, including a truck yard, pallet storage facility and a church. Escobedo and De Los Angeles died at the scene. A third man was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening gunshot wounds.

    “It appears that there was some type of gathering or party at the location from last night to early this morning,” Lt. Omar Camacho told KABC-TV Channel

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