El Chapo’s daughter distributes coronavirus aid to poor and needy on the streets

Mexico has so far recorded 1,828 cases of Coronavirus with 196 recoveries and 110 deaths.

A total lockdown has also been declared in major cities as a preventive measure against the spread of the deadly virus.

As such, the poor and needy especially those who live on the streets without homes are really cash-strapped.

El Chapo’s daughter and Mexican drug cartels hand out coronavirus aid

At the back of this, one of El Chapo Guzman’s daughter, Alejandrina, is handing out relief materials to the poor and needy.

In one video posted on Facebook, Alejandrina can be seen stuffing toilet paper and food into a cardboard box bearing slick logos and a designer stencil-style image of her father, the former Sinaloa cartel chief who is now in a maximum-security U.S. prison.

The oil, sugar, rice and other items in the boxes, which the video narrator calls “Chapo’s provisions”, were distributed in Mexico’s second-largest city, Guadalajara, in western Jalisco state.

Alejandrina’s handout was linked to her company, which legally markets clothing and alcohol associated with her father’s image under the “El Chapo 701” brand.

However, active members of cartels have also been courting publicity, with images and video on social media showing gang members providing succor to local residents.

Famed for brutality, including beheadings and dissolving victims in vats of sulphuric acid, the cartels also have a history of trying to win over hearts and minds of impoverished communities where they operate.

Mexico’s economy has been battered by the coronavirus outbreak and many are struggling to make ends meet as the country heads into its harshest recession in living memory.

A Reuters witness on Thursday visited an “El Chapo 701” warehouse, which was stacked with boxes to be distributed around Guadalajara. Some workers wore medical-style facemasks bearing the El Chapo image.

Photos credit: reuters.com