MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Mexican security forces captured the United States (US) wanted nephew of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in the border state of Sonora, authorities said Tuesday.

Omar Garcia Harfuch, secretary of security, said on X that the suspect is the “nephew of El Chapo”, the former leader of the Sinaloa cartel now serving a life sentence in US prison.

He said the nephew is also wanted by the United States.