Son of 'El Chapo' henchman facing homicide, kidnapping, robbery charges

CHIHUAHUA, Mexico, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Mexico's Chihuahua State Attorney General's Office said the son of "El Papacho," a convicted leader of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's Sinaloa Cartel, has been charged with kidnapping, homicide and robbery.

Mauricio L.A. -- son of Mauricio Luna Aguilar -- and several others are accused of kidnapping three people who were "taken aboard a stolen vehicle and then deprived of their lives and had their bodies disposed near the town of San Agustín" on Dec. 6, 2014, the Chihuahua State Attorney General's Office said in a statement on Friday.

Mauricio L.A., 26, was not identified by his full name as per procedure by the Mexican judicial system, but Mexican news outlets reported his identity as Mauricio "El Mauri" Aguilar after he was arrested earlier this month.

He was arrested along with a woman, identified as Genoveva C. Police seized a grenade and a bag of marijuana.

"It is worth mentioning that the accused and his father made calls to the relatives of the victims and asked them for $2,000 to give them information on where they were," the attorney general's office said, adding that the money was delivered three days after the kidnapping.

The bodies were found days after the ransom money was delivered.

Mauricio L.A. will be held in preventive custody. A judge ruled the investigation against him must conclude within four months.

Mauricio Luna Aguilar is serving a life imprisonment sentence.