Top assassin from El Chapo hit squad found dead after being gunned down and thrown from moving car

A TOP El Chapo assassin has been gunned down in a shootout and thrown from a moving car, foreign media reports.

Edgar Alexis Meza Soto, known as “PIWI”, was found dead around 6.40am local time yesterday morning in the city of Guaymas, northern Mexico.

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Los Salazar, the hit squad Soto lead, pictured here during an operation in the Mexican city of San Luis Rio Colorado [/caption]

Soto was the leader of the infamous Los Salazar, a group of assassins who worked for Chapo’s Sinaloa Cartel, according to Infobae.

He was wounded at a recent clash in Puerto de Guaymas, before his corpse was left in the Loma Dorada neighborhood by fellow hitmen.

Reports say officials found Soto riddled with bullets after he was thrown from a moving vehicle.

Soto had been linked to another shooting in the northern section of the city.

The claims come after reports that El Chapo’s sons have launched a brutal war to try and seize back his drug territory.

This lead to reports in June that as many as ten bodies were found dumped by a roadside.

Los Salazar originate from the municipality of Chínipas, Chihuahua, and first became known widely in 2005 as cartel violence escalated.

They reportedly trafficked drugs and migrants to the US for the Sinaloa Cartel.

It was led by Adán Salazar Zamorano, also known as Don Adán, until he was jailed in 2011.

Angel Daniel N, known as El Dany, was tracked down by Mexican troops and the National Guard in the city of Culiacan in the Mexican state of Sinaloa on August 8.

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Joaquin Guzman Loera, aka “el Chapo”, pictured in 2014 [/caption]

Earlier this month, another alleged drugs kingpin of the Sinaloa Cartel was detained in an army crackdown.

Angel Daniel N, known as El Dany, was tracked down by Mexican troops and the National Guard in the Mexican state of Sinaloa on August 8.

El Dany is alleged to have been in control of the production and distribution of synthetic drug fentanyl for the Sinaloa Cartel.

It is claimed he shipped drugs to the US, Europe, Africa and Australia.

Chapo himself was sentenced to life imprisonment in the US last year after courts found him guilty of trafficking tonnes of cocaine, heroin and marijuana while head of the cartel.

Some of his many children have since been pictured flaunting with high-powered guns, fancy cars and and pet lions.

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