Mexican authorities on Thursday captured Ovidio Guzman, son of jailed US drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.
By Belga
Lhe military operation that resulted Thursday in northwestern Mexico in the arrest of Ovidio Guzman, one of the sons of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, killed 10 soldiers and 19 among the suspected criminals, the government announced on Friday.
“Ten soldiers (…) unfortunately lost their lives in the line of duty,” Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval told reporters, adding that there were also “19 dead” among the criminals. presumed.
Thirty-five other soldiers were wounded by bullets, while 21 people were arrested during this operation carried out in Culiacan, in the capital of the state of Sinaloa, during which intense exchanges of fire occurred.
The previous assessment reported one dead and 28 injured.
A senior army officer was among the victims, Mr. Sandoval said, adding that his patrol had been attacked following the arrest of Ovidio Guzman, alias “El Raton” (“the Mouse”).
“We have no information about any civilians who may have lost their lives,” Mr. Sandoval added.
An airliner and two Mexican Air Force planes were hit by projectiles moments before takeoff, according to the same source.
The official aircraft “had to make an emergency landing, despite the fact that they had received a significant number of impacts”, indicated the Secretary of Defense. None of these incidents resulted in injuries.
