Chief bodyguard of Mexican drug kingpin's sons dies in clash

The head bodyguard of the sons of captive drug baron Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has been killed in a clash with Mexico's naval forces, officials said on Saturday.

Francisco Zazueta, alias "Pancho Chimal," died in a gunfight Friday between naval troops and members of the Sinaloa Cartel, the international drug trafficking and organized crime syndicate headed by Guzman in northwest Sinaloa state, according to Mexico's Navy.

The clash took place in Badiraguato, El Chapo's foothold. Five soldiers also died in the fighting.

Zazueta, suspected of aiding attacks against soldiers last year, was arrested in February but escaped with four other prisoners from a state penitentiary in March, less than a month after he was imprisoned. Endi