The arrest spurred the powerful Sinaloa cartel to go on a rampage, setting vehicles on fire, blocking roads, and fighting security forces in and around Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa. theSun theSundaily SinaloaCartel Culiacan OvidioGuzman Chapo
Intense shootings and burning of vehicles were reported Thursday in the Mexican city of Culiacan after an operation in which Ovidio Guzman, son of imprisoned drug trafficker Joaquín"El Chapo" Guzman, was arrested, Mexican authorities said.
The arrest spurred the powerful Sinaloa cartel – once headed by El Chapo himself – to go on a rampage, setting vehicles on fire, blocking roads, and fighting security forces in and around Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa. “The elements have to be presented and the judges in Mexico decide,” the president said. “It is a process ... It is not just the request.” No US forces had assisted in Ovidio’s capture, Lopez Obrador said.
“As we were accelerating for take-off, we heard gunshots very close to the plane, and that’s when we all threw ourselves to the floor,” passenger David Tellez said. Aeromexico said one of its planes was hit by gunfire at Culiacan but that no-one was hurt.In 2019, a failed operation to arrest Ovidio ended in humiliation for Lopez Obrador’s government.
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