Culiacán, Mexico—Everyone’s told a little white lie—blaming traffic, faking a sick day. Harmless. But what kind of person fabricates entire stories, feeds them to journalists, and then sits back grinning as the world eats it up? For Dámaso López Serrano, Mini Lic, deception isn’t just a habit—it’s his identity. And now, the narcissist who thrives on lies has finally been exposed.
Recently, a story made the rounds claiming Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán had ordered his son, Joaquín, to kidnap Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada. It was spread far and wide, treated as fact by people who know better and should have asked more questions.
There’s just one problem—the letter never existed. It was fake. And the man who created it? Dámaso himself. The same man now openly mocking the journalist who believed him.
The Web of Lies
Given Dámaso’s long history of lies, manipulation, and self-mythologizing, some took it upon themselves to document the parasite for what he really is. This wasn’t just an exchange—it was a safeguard against a man who’s built his life on fabricating stories and manipulating narratives.
Here’s what was said between Male #1, and Dámaso López Serrano, Male #2.
Dámaso López Serrano (Male #2): Everything is going to work out for the best.
Male #1: If God wills it, we’re gonna be ok. Let’s hope that’s the case.
Dámaso López Serrano (Male #2): Yes, of course.
Male #1: By the way, I was watching Luis Chaparro recently and I’d like to know where he got that letter that Chapo supposedly released? I’d like to know about this if you can tell me.
Dámaso López Serrano (Male #2): Well, that was all a damn lie! Everything was fabricated. Anything that you’re seeing released online is fake. Even the videos released by Ocran Leaks are a lie.
Male #1: What???
Dámaso López Serrano (Male #2): The videos released by Ocran Leaks are fake. Everything that you see online is made-up bullshit by people who are straight lying.
Male #1: Ocran Leaks?
Dámaso López Serrano (Male #2): Yes, Ocran Leaks.
Male #1: The thing is that Ocran Leaks even mentioned your story on his channel.
Dámaso López Serrano (Male #2): Ah, of course he did. Otherwise, we couldn’t sell those narratives.
(Male #1 laughs at the absurdity of what he’s just heard.)
Male #1: I kept hearing talk about a letter, a letter where Chapo was directing them to do certain things. And I thought to myself, what the fuck? Luis Chaparro sure did have an effortless ability to have acquired that info.
Dámaso López Serrano (Male #2): No, I don’t think so. He doesn’t have direct communication with Chapo in person. Do you honestly believe he talked to him?
Male #1: I was led to believe that he did because he mentioned his contacts and agents and all these other things. Damn.
Dámaso López Serrano (Male #2): No, that’s a lie. He’s crazy.
Male #1: Damn, what a crazy guy for having claimed that.
Dámaso López Serrano (Male #2): The narrative went out like that because I fabricated that letter.
Male #1: Ah…
Dámaso López Serrano (Male #2): The narrative I made up is what he ran with.
Male #1: Hold on…
Dámaso López Serrano (Male #2): That’s why he claimed that story. But the thing is that he never admitted the truth about it. So that he could dupe his readers into believing that he had exclusive knowledge.
Male #1: So, you made up the narrative about this letter?
Dámaso López Serrano (Male #2): Ah, well, you should already know that when it comes to deceiving people, we’re fucking good at it.
(Male #1 laughs and says:) That was a great work of fiction on your end!
Mica’s Analysis: A Fraud With a One-Track Mind
Dámaso has one trick—deception. He has no identity outside of the Guzmán family. First, he wanted to be one of them. He dressed like them, talked like them, and mimicked their every move. But when it became clear he wasn’t accepted, his obsession took a different turn.
He made it his mission to rewrite history, manipulate narratives, and try to convince the world the Guzmáns were the villains while he was the victim. That’s why he flipped. That’s why he ran to the U.S. and cooperated. That’s why he’s spent years fabricating stories, feeding lies to journalists, and trying to destroy the same family he once worshipped.
The U.S. government gave him a fresh start, a golden parachute, and he still couldn’t resist trafficking fentanyl while under protection. A protected witness, caught red-handed.
In golf, a mulligan lets you redo your swing without penalty. After Mini Lic’s latest disaster, I have no doubt the U.S. government that handed him this lifeline wishes for one—and so do many journalists.
Dámaso thought flipping to the U.S. would make him untouchable. Instead, he’s as irrelevant now as he was before. He spent his whole life trying to be a legend. Now, he’s just a footnote in someone else’s story.

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7 Comments
Mica Why Do You Think Mayito Flaco Had Some Dealings With Him? As They Say. Because It Was Mayos Side Who Was Supplying Him With Fentanyl Pills Right? Also I Find It Very Weird That He Talked So Much About Ivan Trafficking Fentanyl And Saying How Terrible La Chapiza Is. But He Was Doing The Same Very Thing. He’s Always Seemed To Have Had This Super Crazy Thing About Iván. It’s Like When Someone Really Likes a Woman And She Does Not Have The Same Feelings Back. But All They Do Is Talk About That Said Woman Everyday. And Can’t Move On.
Once Again Friend I Hope You Are Doing Great And Life Is Treating You And Your Family Well.
Thank you
It’s one big lie that these men live. Remember the father of lies is the lord of this world.
Le arde ver k los chapitos k sigan de pie y el nomas valiendo madre como siempre lo supo aser quería ver la destrucción de la familia guzman pero no pudo
Not all that was fake or made up
He was around Ivan and everyone for years they were compadres
Like that scene of torturing Gaucho is real – now maybe he made up some of the other parts
Like Chino Antrax being there maybe is not accurate
Or Chapo crying when Edgar got killed, true, but maybe he wasn’t lying on the floor for days
Or Ivan wanted to hit Zambada in 2017, this was confirmed back then too
I am not saying that he isn’t motivated to lie or make up things and that he absolutely did do that
But also a lot of that was real. The letter, I can’t really say. I always wondered how that came to be revealed. That’s a problem in all this substack journalism shit. You get raw news but the sourcing can be misleading.
The sapitos ordered the murder of journalist Javier Valdez
RIP Gilbertona
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