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Mexican authorities apprehend wrong man in drug arrest

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    Innocent man mistaken as son of drug lord 'El Chapo'

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After months of working with US intelligence -- Mexican navy official described the suspect as a rising operator in the Sinaloa Cartel in international drug trafficking organization.

But it turns out he is apparently the father of a toddler and works -- his mother in law at a used car dealership.

The attorney general's offices and in arrested Thursday presumed to be the son of Mexico's top fugitive drug lord Joaquin -- chat -- Guzman.

Is really 23 year old Felix -- from known and not Alfredo Guzman Salazar.

Both strongly young's wife said the couple in their one year old were sleeping in their home outside Guadalajara.

When Marines kicked in the door and arrested her husband into his half brother authorities identified both men as members of the Sinaloa Cartel the navy says the men were found with a grenade launchers for grenades to assault rifles two pistols and 135000.

Dollars in cash.

His wife says there were no guns or drugs but the family did have the cats because of a recent home sales.

The Treasury Department is called Joaquin Guzman also known as -- chat -- the world's most powerful drug lord.

Both countries are conducting an intense manhunt for Guzman he has been on the run since escaping from a Mexican prison in a laundry cart in 2001.

The possible -- identification could be embarrassing for both countries in the cat and mouse game they are playing with Guzman.

The attorney general's office says the original identity information came from the United States.

But the US Drug Enforcement Administration says the information came from Mexico in New York in a -- Fox News.

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