Mexican security forces backed off an attempt to capture a son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman after an intense firefight that left at least 8 dead. President Andrés Manuel López supported the pull back. Story:
A burnt out truck used by gunmen smolders on an intersection, a day after street battles between gunmen and security forces in Culiacan, Mexico, Friday Oct. 18, 2019. Mexican security forces backed off an attempt to capture a son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman after finding themselves outgunned in a ferocious shootout with cartel enforcers that left at least eight people dead and more than 20 wounded, authorities said.
López Obrador said he remains committed to tackling violence through peaceful means and dismissed such questions as “the point of view of our adversaries and the opposition media.” Authorities said 35 troops arrived at a home Thursday afternoon with a warrant to arrest Ovidio Guzmán López on a 2018 extradition request from the U.S. They entered the home, where Guzman and three others were inside.
Five attackers, a member of the National Guard, a civilian and a prisoner died in the gunbattles, Defense Secretary Gen. Luis Cresencio Sandoval said. He said seven members of the security forces were wounded and eight held captive before being released unharmed. Sandoval said that if the security cabinet had known about the operation, it would have gone about it differently and deployed more troops and even sent air support.It was not clear what happened to Guzmán after the troops left. Federal Security Secretary Alfonso Durazo said he was never under formal detention. José Luis González Meza, a lawyer for the Guzman family, said he was told Ovidio is “alive and free.
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