Ovidio was briefly detained in the northern state of Sinaloa in October 2019 by security forces, but then quickly released to avoid violent retribution from his drug gang.
Alleged cartel members carjacked residents and set vehicles ablaze in Culiacan, a stronghold of the Sinaloa drug cartel, in apparent response to the arrest of Mexican capo Ovidio Guzman, the son of incarcerated kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.
Local and state authorities warned everyone to stay inside and said their federal counterparts would announce the results of the pre-dawn military operation. Sinaloa state security chief Cristóbal Castañeda warned citizens via Twitter, adding that the state was responding and would inform when they could.
The operation comes just days before López Obrador will host U.S. President Joe Biden for bilateral talks followed by a North American Leaders' Summit with Biden and Canadian Primer Minister Justin Trudeau.
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