A convicted Sinaloa cartel member who was friends with the son of jailed drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and liked to show off pictures of himself posing with Al Pacino and other celebrities has been shot to death along an industrial area near Los Angeles, authorities said.
Eduardo Escobedo, 39, was one of two men killed on Thanksgiving morning along Towne Avenue in Willowbrook, Calif., according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Another victim was convicted drug dealer Guillermo De Los Angeles Jr., 47, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Escobedo was nicknamed “El Mago,” which translates to “The Magician.” Once the cartel’s top marijuana dealer, he served four years and nine months in federal lockup for conspiring to distribute more than 10,000 kilos of pot — about 22,000 pounds — and drug proceeds. He was released in 2018.
Escobedo and De Los Angeles died at the scene after sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of shots fired in an industrial area filled with warehouses. A third man was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening gunshot wounds. He was not identified.
Eduardo Escobedo was one of two men killed Thanksgiving morning along Towne Avenue in Willowbrook, Calif. Instagram
“It appears that there was some type of gathering or party at the location from last night until early this morning,” said Lt. Omar Camacho to KABC-TV Channel 7 at the scene.
Camacho said authorities have not yet determined a motive for the killing.
Raised in East Los Angeles, Escobedo became the main local pot dealer for Guzman’s eldest son, Ivan Archivaldo Guzman Salazar, according to the LA Times. He laundered some of the proceeds by buying exotic cars and shipping them to Culiacan, Sinaloa’s capital and the cartel’s stronghold.
Escobedo is also believed to have ordered the killing of a rival dealer who was gunned down in his Bentley on the 101 Freeway in 2008. Although Escobedo was never charged in the killing, his brother and another man were convicted and are serving life sentences.
In October 2013, Escobedo was caught on a phone recording talking to Guzman Salazar about smuggling more than five tons of marijuana through a tunnel under the US-Mexico border, prosecutors said.
Escobedo became the main local pot dealer to Guzman’s eldest son.Instagram
Guzman Salazar remains one of Mexico’s most wanted men.
Escobedo has also openly flaunted his lavish lifestyle on social media in recent years by posing with Floyd Mayweather, Al Pacino and other celebrities. She also wore a flashy sportswear by Dolce and Gabbana and a diamond-encrusted Richard Mille watch.
One photo showed Escobedo holding a duffel bag full of money, according to another Times In, he was hugging a Mexican Mafia member while holding a bottle of Dom Perignon champagne.
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