At least 10 bodies are found on a Mexican highway after a gang tied to El Chapo's sons 'tried to overtake the turf controlled by a drug lord featured in Netflix's Narcos: Mexico'

At least 10 bodies were discovered by motorists on a road in northwestern Mexico a day after a gang tied to the sons of Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán tried to overtake a turf controlled by one of the drug lords featured in Netflix's Narco: Mexico series.

The shocking find occurred Saturday as several drivers traveled along a stretch of a road in the state of Sonora that connects the cities of Caborca and Sonoyta - roughly 90 miles south of the United States border. 

Local news outlets report that the 10 individuals were kidnapped Friday as part of an intense attack launched by Los Salazar in the municipality of Caborca. 

The victims were alleged members of a criminal organization led by Rafael Caro Quintero. 

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The gruesome images of 10 bodies appeared on several videos that were shared on social media following a violent attack by a gang known as Los Salazar, which is tied to the sons of Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, on Friday in Caborca, Mexico

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The victims were reportedly members of a group led by Rafael Caro Quintero, the founder of the now-defunct Guadalajara Cartel

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Several cars were torched during a shootout between a Los Salazar, a gang linked to El Chapo's son, and Rafael Caro Quintero, who leads a criminal group that operates in Caborca, a municipality in the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora

Some of the men had their hands tied behind their backs while others were lying shirtless on the road pavement.

The armed group also set a nearby gas station on fire as well as several homes and vehicles, including a tractor trailer.  

According to El Sol de Hermosillo, the attackers reportedly confused a college professor, identified as Sergio Arredondo Arriaga, with a member of their rival group, and forced him out of his home in the northern part of Caborca and shot him dead in front of his family. 

It is unknown why Jesús Alfredo Guzmán, Iván Archivaldo and Ovidio Guzmán López, who called themselves Los Chapitos, are feuding with Caro Quintero's organization after they reportedly agreed to unite their resources in November 2019 and joined forces to drive out the Jalisco New Generation Cartel operating in the state of Michoacán. 

An armed group known as Los Salazar, which is tied to the sons of El Chapo, Ovidio Guzmán  (left) and Iván Archivaldo Guzmán (right), waged an attack to drive out a criminal organization allegedly led by Rafael Caro Quintero, who is featured in Netflix's Narcos: Mexico

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Rafael Caro Quintero reportedly formed an alliance with El Chapo's sons to combat the Jalisco New Generation Cartel in November 2019

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Cars and trucks were set on fire across Caborca, a city in the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora during a shootout between rival criminal organizations 

Quintero, whose life is portrayed in Narcos: Mexico, co-founded the now defunct Guadalajara Cartel, which was being investigated by the DEA after the federal agents tipped the Mexican military which raided a 2,500 acre marijuana farm.

The Guadalajara Cartel blamed DEA agent Enrique Camarena for the bust, and decided to retaliate. 

Caro Quintero and the two other cartel leaders, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo and Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo, kidnapped the 37-year-old Camarena in broad daylight on February 7, 1985.  

Camarena's body was found wrapped in plastic and dumped in La Angostura, a city in the state of Michoacán on March 5, 1985. 

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A gang tied to El Chapo's son confused Sergio Arredondo Arriaga with a member of their rival group and forced him out of his home in the northern part of Caborca before shooting him dead in front of his family

Quintero eventually fled to Costa Rica with his girlfriend and was arrested April 4, 1985 and was later sentenced to 40 years in jail for Camarena's murder.

On August 9, 2013, a Jalisco court ordered the release of Quintero, after he had served 28 years in prison, because he had been improperly tried for the killing of the DEA special agent. But on August 14, a federal court acted on pressure from the United States and issued a warrant for Quintero's arrest.