MEXICO CITY — A wave of violence broke out after Mexican security forces captured on Thursday, January 5, drug cartel leader Ovidio Guzman, a son of jailed kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo”
The violence – which comes ahead of a visit by U.S. President Joe Biden next week – took place largely in the city of Culiacan in the northern Sinaloa state, home to the powerful drug cartel of the same name that El Chapo headed before his extradition to the United States in 2017.
A failed operation to detain Ovidio in 2019 ended in humiliation for the government of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, after the arrest triggered a wave of violence that forced authorities to shutter Culiacan’s schools and airports. Defense Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval confirmed the capture of the 32-year-old on Thursday, saying Ovidio was being held in the capital, Mexico City.
David Tellez, a passenger who boarded the plane with his wife and three children, said they had decided to stay in the airport until it is safe to leave.A Mexican air force plane was also shot at, the federal aviation agency said, adding that the airport in Culiacan, as well as in the Sinaloa cities of Mazatlan and Los Mochis, would remain closed until security could be ensured.Ovidio’s latest capture comes before a North American leaders’ summit in Mexico City next week, which U.S.
The arrest helps Mexican law enforcement save face following Ovidio’s 2019 release from custody, said Tomas Guevara, a security expert at the Autonomous University of Sinaloa. “We continue to work on controlling the situation,” said Cristobal Castaneda, Sinaloa’s public security chief.
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