El Chapo's son tweets family snap, forgets to turn off location
At large in Central America...Thanks to his bumbling son, it seems likely El Chapo has been hiding out in Costa Rica. (AAP)
The son of the notorious El Chapo has accidentally given away his fugitive father's location by tweeting a happy-snap from a restaurant in Central America but apparently forgetting to turn off the location setting on his Twitter account.
Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar's amateur mistake, revealing El Chapo to be in Costa Rica, stands in stark contrast to the terrifying professionalism of his Sinaloa cartel boss dad who is on the lam after escaping from a federal prison in Mexico via a 1.6km tunnel.
The picture shows El Chapo – real name Joaquin Guzman – sitting at a table with two other men, with the diners appearing to be flanked by bodyguards.
Though all the faces barring Alfredo's are obscured, the man on the 29-year-old's right appears to be his father, "Pa" Guzman.
"August here, you already know with whom," the caption reads.
Considered one of the most powerful drug traffickers in the world, the vertically-challenged El Chapo (the nickname translates to "shorty") is held responsible for the deaths of some 34,000 people.
Donald Trump, who threatened to "kick his ass" on Twitter this year, was quick to alert the FBI when El Chapo accepted the challenge.
Perhaps the drug lord should think about doing a little in-house ass-kicking – Alfredo's Twitter account is clearly a liability, with many of his photos seemingly related to crime, though he is not quite as bad as some of the Instagram gangsters the modern world has spawned.
Like his dad, Alfredo is also wanted by authorities.
Source: New York Daily News
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