“He was a victim”: This is how Frida Muñoz, wife of Julio César Chávez Jr., recalled the murder of her ex-partner, the son of ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán

Written by Parriva — July 4, 2025

Following the arrest of boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. in the United States, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced suspicions about his possible ties to the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the organizations classified as terrorists in that country.

This connection is inferred from his marriage to Frida Muñoz Román, who was previously married to Édgar Guzmán López, one of the sons of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera, who was murdered in 2008.

The sudden death of the 22-year-old young man generated great panic in Culiacán society, as it occurred in the context of the rift between the Guzmán and Beltrán Leyva families. There are different versions regarding the execution of Édgar, alias El Moreno. What did Frida Muñoz say about it? We’ll tell you at MILENIO.

In March 2019, shortly after El Chapo was found guilty of drug trafficking and other crimes by a federal jury, his former daughter-in-law was interviewed by the crew of El Gordo y la Flaca, a Univision television show.

During the brief conversation, Frida Muñoz said that the verdict against the kingpin “was something to be expected” and spent a few seconds recalling the sudden death of her former husband.

“What I heard when he died was that it was handled as if he had been mistaken for someone else, not because he was being charged something, a settlement, as they say.”

Shortly after the incident, which occurred on May 8, 2008, the belief spread that Édgar Guzmán had been murdered by hitmen from the Beltrán Leyva cartel as a supposed retaliation against El Chapo.

It should be noted that months earlier, on January 21, Alfredo Beltrán Leyva, alias El Mochomo, was captured in Culiacán. Within the criminal group he led, it was believed that he had been betrayed by Guzmán Loera.

Later, a version emerged that Edgar Guzmán had been killed by mistake by hitmen working for his father.

“He was simply a student; he wasn’t involved in any of that [drug trafficking] as far as I can tell. I think he was a victim because he belonged to that family,” Frida Muñoz said in this regard.

On the night of May 8, according to local press reports, nearly 500 bullets were fired. The bodies of Edgar Guzmán López, César Ariel Loera, and Arturo Meza Cazares were left lying in the parking lot of the City Market located in the Tres Ríos Urban Development.

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