Violence erupted in Mexico after police recaptured Ovidio Guzmán, the son of renowned Sinaloa cartel leader “El Chapo.” According to residents of the city of Culiacán, where the riots began, shots were heard between the criminals and the security forces for hours before “El Ratón”, as he is known, was captured.
Source: (Millennium)
“They caught him at 4 in the morning and since then the shooting hasn’t stopped. It has been a real chaos, they even shoot into the air trying to shoot down the police helicopters”, affirmed the resident who indicated that “the whole town is a disaster”. All routes between the city and the rest of Mexico were blocked by burning vehicles and several men attacked a military base and the airport.
Ovidio was one of the most important figures within the organization after his father’s third arrest in 2016, which is why his arrest was a major blow to the cartel, an event that was described by the Sinaloa defense secretary as a “decisive blow” in the fight against this criminal group. This is the second time that the son of “El Chapo” has been captured, although the first time was in 2019 when he was released a few hours after the members of this mafia carried out a violent response, in one of the most criticized events. to the government of López Obrador.
A federal judge granted the young man a stay against the extradition process, for which at the moment he cannot be sent to the United States, a situation that his father went through, who is now imprisoned in a correctional center in New York. In addition, he granted him an ex officio suspension against solitary confinement, through which he can communicate both with his family and with his lawyers and legal defenders.
AMLO’s response
The government also spoke about this important moment for the safety of the american nation, where they pointed out that “the line is well painted, it is not like before”. In addition, the Mexican president affirmed that the Secretary of National Defense, the Secretary of the Navy and the National Guard are instructed to “not allow impunity.”
When asked if there had been any help or mandate from the US government, the northern president stated that there was no team that depended on his neighboring nation and that all actions were autonomous.
