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Son of 'El Chapo' Kidnapped!

El Chapo's son Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar kidnapped inside of a restaurant in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

On Monday August 14, news went around that El Chapos youngest son, Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar, was kidnapped in Puerto Vallarta. Then later it was indeed confirmed, El Chapos son was in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico inside of, "La Leche," restaurant with friends. Then moments later he's abducted by a group of men with guns. They held multiple people in the restaurant hostage throughout the incident and kidnapped 6 people in total including El Chapo's son.

Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar and the others kidnapped had ties to El Chapos Sinaola cartel, which makes it an easier target for rivals to take over. Many are saying that with El Chapo locked up his rivals have been chipping away at his turf. This makes it a major blow to the power structure Sinaola Federation cartel. Many are saying that lately Jesus hasn't been taking his role in the cartel seriously and was cuaght off guard when the men came in. Jesus was partying and not paying attention. Authorities are not sure yet whether el Chapos oldest son has been kidnapped as well.

They have identified four men so far in this kidnapping, one of them being Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar. The other men are,

Juan Daniel Calva Tapia, 53, Josias Nahujali Rabago Borbolla, 35, and Víctor Galvan Ureña, 46.

Authorities have stated that they have narrowed down the search for El Chapo's son to 4 different Mexican states.

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