El Chapo’s drug kingpin godson flashes his golden guns, pet tigers and wads of cash on Instagram before turning himself in to US border chiefs
Damaso Lopez Serrano flagrantly flaunted his fabulous wealth on social media ahead of handing himself over to the Drug Enforcement Agency in California
EL CHAPO'S godson flaunted his wealth on social media with shots of flash cars, golden guns and even pet tigers before handing himself in.
Damaso Lopez Serrano's Instagram page was awash with vulgar displays of his allegedly ill-gotten gains.
The infamous drug lord's close associate has fled Mexico and handed himself into US police after a brutal leadership battle within the Sinaloa Cartel.
Taking to social media to show off, the high profile narco posted numerous images of gilded weapons, pricey motors and stacks of cash and drugs.
He was also shown in the company of exotic animals like tigers he is presumed to have kept as pets.
Cops seized the family friend of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman after he crossed the border into California following a fight with a rival gang.
He allegedly wanted to lead the infamous Sinaloa Cartel after Guzman was captured by United States authorities.
Guzman's imprisonment opened up a power vacuum in the north of Mexico with rival factions fighting for control.
Serrano, whose nickname was Mini Lic, is believed to have headed up a gang called "Los Antrax".
They were allegedly battling against a group called "Chapitos" which means the children of "El Chapo".
Rival gangster El Mayo Zambada is said to have been very close to victory in this battle.
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It is believed that this was the reason Serrano went on the run from the city of Mexicali, in the north-western Mexican state of Baja California.
He crossed the border into the city of Calexico, in the US state of California, before delivering himself to the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Serrano got his Mini Lic nickname from his father Damaso Lopez Nunez, who was nicknamed Licenciado.
Licenciado was known as El Chapo's right-hand man and asked him to be godfather to his son.
Serrano appears to have followed in his father’s footsteps and bragged on social media about a life of luxury showing off pictures of beautiful women, weapons and exotic animals.
But it is believed that Licenciado then fell out with Guzman’s children after "El Chapo" was arrested in 2016 which led to a split in the Sinaloa Cartel.
After Licenciado was arrested in Mexico City in May it was believed his son would take control in Culiacan, a city in Sinaloa state.
But it now appears the cartel will be lead by El Mayo who was one of the criminal gang’s original founders.
He is thought to have attempted to make peace between the groups of Licenciado and Guzman’s family.
Since Guzman was extradited to the United States there has been a wave of violence in the state of Sinaloa.
There have been 492 murders in four months compared with 330 murders in the same period last year.
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