El Chapo's sons spark social media battles between Mexican cartel members showing Off Their Lavish Lifestyle (PHOTOS)

Gold-plated guns, voluptuous bikini-clad women and big cats are appearing on the social media accounts of Mexican cartel members in a trend thought to be set by the children of fugitive El Chapo,

In an effort to compete for the title of Narco King of Instagram, Mexico’s most powerful narcos have taken to social media to show off their lavish tastes.

Posting under the hashtags #narcos and #narcostyle, top cartel members flash their enormous wealth over Instagram and Twitter, uploading outrageous pictures which attract hundreds of both adoring and hate-filled comments.

 

 

 

The leaders of Antrax, the militarized wing of the Sinaloa Cartel, have raised its profile among the Instagram community - the skull signet ring denotes membership of the armed faction (left). A tiger cub and high denomination bank notes are used to show off wealth 

 

 

El Chapo (right), the current boss of the Sinaloa Cartel, escaped a maximum security prison two months ago through a tunnel (left)

One photo uploaded by the ‘narcoofficial’ account shows a Federal Police car riddled with bullet holes following a shootout with the Sinaloa Cartel. The photo is captioned ‘Ha ha ha, nothing happened here’.

The trend of posting images of the lavish cartel lifestyle is thought to have been started by the children of El Chapo, the current boss of the Sinaloa Cartel who escaped maximum security prison two months ago through a tunnel built by his criminal organisation’s engineering department.

The cartel’s $3 billion annual profits from their U.S. narcotrafficking operations alone afford El Chapo’s offspring every luxury, and they aren’t shy when it comes to showing it off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Antrax pose, which has become iconic of the group’s Instagram presence, is a seated man, his head bowed, wearing a cowboy hat and holding an assault rifle in his lap (left). The skull signet ring denotes membership of the deadly armed faction, known for their brutality 

 

 

 

It’s rare for an Instagramming narco to posts his features. This Antrax member chooses to cover his face with bandanas, while others use photo blurring apps to hide their faces from the authorities (left). This member of the Sinaloa cartel regularly posts symbols of his wealth and status for the #narcostyle community to see

 

 

he skull is the symbol of the Antrax armed faction of the Sinaloa Cartel. The highly-trained group is used for top-level assassinations, to command territory wars and battle the Mexican authorities

Daily Mail