Felipe Alarcón put the Drug War in the hands of 'El Chapo'

In the 'El Chapo' series, once Felipe Alarcón has declared war against drug-trafficking, Joaquín Guzmán Loera decided to finish off 'El Cano' and 'Chente' not knowing the violence this would unleash.

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In episode seven of ‘El Chapo’s season two, Felipe Alarcón made his first trip as president and payed a visit to the president of the United Sates, who congratulated him for the victory.

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The American president affirmed that Mexico was a priority of his administration, and that they needed to discuss security matters.

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Alarcón answered that security and drug-trafficking matters would be the pilars of his term, but that he would need the support of the United States to fight the great lords of organized crime.

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Besides, he explained that he would declare the war on drug-trafficking from the beginning of his mandate in order to pacify the population. The American president assured him the United States would support him with a supply of weapons.

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Two weeks later, Alarcón was sworn in as the new Mexican president in the midst of fraud accusations by the opponent parties and parts of society.

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He assured the media that he had started a Mexico-US strategy against organized crime, and he claimed to have all necessary weaponship for the battle.

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The president used the interview to affirm in a playful tone that he wished for “every toy I can use for the drug war”.

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While the new term started, ‘El Chapo’ and ‘Don Sol’ got together to agree on a new action plan between the government and his organization.

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‘Don Sol’ informed him that they would all work together from that moment on, under the supervision of a single authority.

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‘El Chapo’ insisted he would take the Nuevo Laredo territory from ‘El Cano’ and ‘Los Emes’, who would have no way out from the joint attacks of ‘La Federación’, military men and federal police officers.

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When he said goodbye, Joaquín Guzmán Loera assured him the drug war would be a success.

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Later, lawyer Lora met with ‘Don Sol’ to discuss the details of the war against ‘Los Emes’. Conrado introduced him to the army commanders and the officers who would take care of the operatives.

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Conrado promised him the American weapons would get to the soldiers of ‘La Federación’ while they gathered enough information to vanquish ‘El Cano’.

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Meanwhile, Guzmán Loera attended the last public event before disappearing into the war against his greatest enemy.

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It was a beauty pageant, and Elba Coronado was a contestant.

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The drug lord was thrilled to see her on the stage. Toño noticed ‘El Chapo’ was nervous to know the results, so he assured him Elba would win.

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Moments later, Elba was crowned as 2006 queen. She was flooded by happiness and couldn’t hold the tears.

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Satisfied, the drug lord from Sinaloa looked on with joy at his new love’s happiness.

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After the celebration, ‘El Chapo’ told her he would be away for a long time, fixing issues related to his business.

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But he promised he could come back to become her king and marry her after her 18th birthday.

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Guzmán Loera talked to Ismael and told him he wanted to turn Sinaloa into the biggest organization in the world. To achieve it, he would need to take control of the borders of Nuevo Laredo and Juárez, which was still under possession of his partner ‘Chente’.

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Ismael was instantly suspicious, he noticed ‘El Chapo’ wanted to take away ‘Chente’s business to avenge his brother. ‘El Chapo’ couldn’t deny his wish for revenge and confirmed his suspicions.

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Joaquín met with ‘Don Sol’ to inform him that Juárez needed to be in the attack plans; completely controlling the border would be a better business.

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‘Don Sol’ was hesitant upon hearing that, but he was convinced and asked the famous drug lord to vanquish ‘Chente’ and ‘El Cano’ quickly.

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The leaders of ‘La Federación’ were summoned to listen to the new task of the organization.

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‘El Chapo’ informed everyone that the deals with ‘Chente’ were off: he was no longer a member of ‘La Federación’.

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When he heard ‘El Chapo’ wanted to eliminate ‘Chente’ and take his territory, Nazario was surprised and questioned his decision.

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However, Guzmán Loera gave him the choice to retire if he was too uncomfortable at the decision, but the head of ‘La Familia Michoacana’ decided to stay rather than acquiring a new mortal enemy.

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In his war room, the high military and police officers were agreeing the strategic points to attack Juárez and Nuevo Laredo, but they didn’t know there were infiltrated men amongst them.

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When he received the message with the alert of future attacks, ‘El Cano’ warned ‘Chente’.

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The Juárez ‘Patrón’ heard of ‘El Chapo’s treason and accepted the offer to team up with ‘El Cano’ against the government and ‘La Federación’.

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On December 11 ^th 2006, accompanied by high rank military officers, president Alarcón announced the drug war, which would eradicate drug fields, sale points and distribution.

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‘El Chapo’ was convinced that, now he had the government by his side, nothing could stop ‘La Federación’.

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Two moths later, the government wasn’t satisfied by the results. The conflicts in Nuevo Laredo and Juárez were ongoing and victims kept piling up.

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Furious at the bad results, ‘Don Sol’ called ‘El Chapo’ to complain about the chaos he had caused.

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However, Guzmán Loera asked him to be patient because the war had only just begun.

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Desperate due to all the criticism from the media, Felipe Alarcón complained to Conrado furious about the lack of results and the unkept promises.

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‘Don Sol’ hid behind the ruling corruption of the institutions and traditions of the military and the police, who would alert ‘El Cano’ and ‘Chente’ about the joint actions they were taking against them.

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As soon as he came to a realization about the complex situation of the war, ‘El Chapo’ decided to visit someone who could give him vital information to destroy his enemies.

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After capturing Raciel Cárdenas, Tony Tormenta was far from retaking the reins of the organization from his brother’s hands: ‘El Cano’ had stolen his place as successor.

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Guzmán Loera paid him a visit, confident that he would profit from that hatred to finish ‘Los Emes’ and their leader. His plan was to get the names of all politicians, military leaders and police officers at his service.

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Tony Tormenta promised he would give him all the information he needed, but didn’t miss the chance to make him responsible for unleashing a terrible war while planning for the capture of his brother Raciel.

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The first man on the list was the governor of Chihuahua, Jorge López Arias, who kept a very close relationship with ‘Chente’.

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‘El Chapo’, Toño and his men put together a mortal ambush to send him a dooming message.

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After shooting him on the leg, Joaquín Guzmán Loera informed him he’d be working for him now, and if he failed to obey his orders, he would murder him.

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Meanwhile, the Beltrán Leyda brothers, ‘El Bravo’ and ‘El Uno’, had the task of silencing governors and police officers on the ‘El Cano’ and ‘Chente’s payrolls.

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‘El Cano’ found out about the hard turn of events and ordered to gather all members of ‘Los Emes’ to show the government and ‘El Chapo’ not to mess around with them.

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Elba showed up unexpectedly on one of ‘El Chapo’s safe houses with a crown and a queen’s dress.

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Suddenly, Guzmán Loera got surprised by men who pointed weapons right at him.

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‘El Cano’ appeared from the shadows with a smile on his face from looking at his enemy’s reaction.

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The drug lord from Sinaloa got beaten and subdued while he watched ‘El Cano’ take his throne.

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The leader of ‘Los Emes’ gazed at him with delight while he was being dragged by his men to the dark.

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Luckily, it had all been a nightmare and he awoke abruptly, safe on his bed.

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Once again, ‘El Chapo’ was reviewing the information he had against his enemies, and instructed Arturo Beltrán Leyda to keep his eyes open during the war because he was the key piece to win it.

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‘Los Emes’ decided to once again invade ‘El Chapo’s territory and butcher the locals of a town in Durango.

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The blood-thirsty soldiers took the inhabitants by surprise and kicked them out of their homes in the middle of the night.

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Several people tried to run away, but they were viciously murdered.

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From his truck, ‘El Cano’ was cruelly watching the massacre that would surely hit ‘La Federación’ where it hurts.

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‘Los Emes’ were merciless. They murdered women, children and elderly citizens, and painted the streets red with their blood.

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At the end, ‘Los Emes’ set up a banner that said that not even ‘El Chapo’, the army, and the police all together could take them down.

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Next morning, Conrado watched the news about the killing and he was filled with rage upon realizing ‘El Cano’ had exposed the alliance between the government and ‘El Chapo’.

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‘El Chapo’ also heard about the situation and called ‘Don Sol’ to reassure him and tell him about the answer he would give ‘El Cano’.

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Guzmán Loera ordered his men to unleash hell against Nuevo Laredo, even if a lot of innocents would die in his revenge.

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The hit men of ‘La Federación’ attacked a bar, killing most of the customers inside.

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During the shooting, a young woman hid inside the bathroom hoping to survive, but one of the hit men found her and dragged her out.

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The war against drugs has claimed its first victims, but ‘El Chapo’ won’t stop until he’s finished with ‘El Cano’ and ‘Los Emes’. Stay tuned, Sundays at 10PM/9C on Univision.

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