A video has been posted on YouTube showing Alejandrina Guzmán, the daughter of jailed drug capo Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, and other women packing food and supplies into boxes for distribution to needy seniors in the Guadalajara metropolitan area.
The cardboard boxes bear a stenciled image of her famous father, who is serving a life sentence in the United States.
A male voice over explains that the “Chapo despensas” are “a grain in the sand” to help the Covid-19 relief effort.
Later, images were posted on the El Chapo Guzman Facebook page showing Alejandrina Guzmán and other women handing out the boxes to elderly people in Guadalajara neighborhoods.
Reports suggest that the boxes were prepared at a warehouse belonging to Alejandrina Guzmán’s clothing company, "El Chapo 701,” which takes its name from a former Forbes list that ranked her father as the 701st richest person in the world.
Other videos showing despensas being distributed by drug cartels have also been posted online, including ones with the logo of the Jalisco New Generation cartel (CJNG).