CULIACAN, Mexico—Palatial tombs mark the final resting spots of top narcotics traffickers in the Jardines del Humaya cemetery in the Sinaloa state capital of Culiacán.
The cemetery is known for the extravagant tombs built for deceased drug lords like Ignacio Coronel and Arturo Beltrán Leyva.
Drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán hails from this region and there had been fears he would seek revenge against those who turned against him while he was prison. But his escape doesn’t seem to have sparked additional violence in this area, apparently with few new burials here in the nearly two weeks since he slipped out of Mexico’s highest-security prison.
Workmen on Wednesday were laying bricks and pouring concrete on one sleek, two-story modern-style crypt. Such tombs are sometimes built in advance, according to those familiar with the cemetery’s patrons.
