The hometown of Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán is considering opening a drug trafficking museum, the mayor said on Thursday, in hopes of attracting tourists to the area.
The museum, in the city of Badiraguato, in the state of Sinaloa, in northwestern Mexico, could tell the stories of several drug trafficking leaders who were born in the region, which is the heart of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel, reported the Mexican newspaper “Reforma ”.
The mayor of Badiraguato, José López, would have earmarked about US$ 1 million for the project, according to the publication.
The theme of the new museum has not yet been finalized, López said in an interview published by the “Milenio” news channel this week, but he noted that drug trafficking is an irrevocable part of the state’s history.
“We cannot deny our history. It is possible that we have a museum dedicated to drug trafficking”, López told “Milenio”, adding that the local government’s priority is to encourage economic development in the region. “We will listen to museum experts to guide us,” he added. “We are not closed to any subject.”
Avigail López, assistant to the municipal government, told Reuters that a museum was under construction, although its contents and subject had not yet been finalized.
El Chapo, 65, was convicted in New York in 2019 of smuggling billions of dollars worth of drugs into the United States and conspiring to assassinate enemies made for his role as leader of the Sinaloa Cartel.
He is serving a life sentence at Supermax Penitentiary in Colorado, the safest federal prison in the US, after escaping a Mexican prison through a tunnel in 2015.
Source: CNN Brasil
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