Official: El Chapo's son among those abducted from Puerto Vallarta restaurant

One of the men abducted from an upscale restaurant in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, early Monday is the son of drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, a Mexican prosecutor said Tuesday.

Jesus Alfredo Guzman, 29, was one of six men taken from the La Leche restaurant by seven gunmen, who burst into the building and ushered the victims into SUVs waiting outside. Jalisco state Attorney General Eduardo Almaguer said Monday the abducted men were "people tied to a criminal group, we can very clearly presume," and told Radio Formula on Tuesday "several of them had false identities." The Associated Press reports that the largest criminal organization in the area is the Jalisco New Generational cartel, which rivals Guzman's Sinaloa cartel "as the most powerful of Mexico's drug gangs."

In 2015, El Chapo used a mile-long tunnel to escape a maximum-security prison, and was captured in January. He is now awaiting extradition to the United States.

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