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In a handwritten letter to Mexican journalist, Ciro Gomez Leyva, the sons of El Chapo Guzman have accused Damaso "El Liciendo" Lopez and his son "El Mini Lic" of trying to kill them.

In the letter, Ivan Archivaldo Guzman Loera and his brother Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar, detail the ambush in which they and El Mayo Zambada were attacked by the people of Damaso Lopez.

At some point last Saturday, February 7th, the Guzman family, or Los Chapitos, as they are commonly referred, convened for a clandestine meeting with Mayo Zambada and Damaso Lopez Sr to discuss allegations that Damaso had ordered Los Chapitos kidnapping at La Leche in Puerto Vallarta last year.

When Damasos people didn't show the security teams for both the Guzman family and El Mayo started to worry. Seconds later, the group is ambushed, the bodyguards for Los Chapitos are killed, and El Mayo and Los Chapitos flee. Along their route of escape, they are relentlessly pursued and shot at by the people of Damaso Lopez.

According to DailyMail, "Guzman's lawyer Jose Refugio confirmed to local media the letter came from the sons," so this has been verified more than once now.

For those who don't know, Damaso Lopez Serrano was a close confident of El Chapo for years. In fact, Damaso was the Warden of Puente Grande prison when El Chapo escaped in a laundry cart in 2001. After the escape, Damaso worked his way up in the Sinaloa Cartel, eventually coming to lead an El Dorado based faction known as Los Damasos.

Los Damasos have been fighting with Los Chapitos since Damaso Lopez Sr. tried to partner with Cesar Carillo, brother of the famous Amado Carillo Fuentes, the Lord of the Skies earlier this year. With the extradition of El Chapo to the United States, it is likely that Damaso now feels emboldened and has decided to strike first to wrest control of the cartel from El Mayo and the children of El Chapo.

Stay tuned for more info...