Alleged daughter of El Chapo says The Guardian defamed her

Rosa Isela Guzmán, alleged daughter of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, said that The Guardian is defaming her and that the article published last week by the British newspaper contains “many lies.”

In an interview with Adela Micha, Rosa Isela, 39 said: "I did not give any interview to anyone, I was talking to some people. They are slandering me.”

She added that she did not know if her conversation with reporter José Luis Montenegro, held between October and November, was recorded but explained that most of the things that The Guardian published are false. As an example she said that the meeting took place in Sinaloa and not in the United States, as the British newspaper claims.

Rosa Isela said that she planned to visit her father in the coming weeks.

According to The Guardian Rosa Isela said that her father secretly entered the United States twice to visit relatives after fleeing El Altiplano prison, where he was taken after being recaptured last January.

In the story published by the British newspaper Rosa Isela is quoted as saying that senior Mexican politicians accepted donations from El Chapo when they ran for office and that in return officials turned a blind eye to his escapes from prison.

The Guardian also quotes Rosa Isela as saying that her father was betrayed by a cartel colleague, Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and by the Mexican government, that had offered to protect El Chapo.

Yesterday The Guardian published a story saying that Rosa Isela has offered to take a DNA test to confirm her identity after Emma Coronel, common-law wife of the leader of the Sinaloa cartel, claimed that his family did not know her.