Ovidio Guzmán, required by the United States justice system, was captured Today January 5, 2023 in a military operation Culiacan, Sinaloawhich unleashed a wave of violence in the state that had only been recorded in his first arrest in 2019.
“In the early morning of January 5, personnel from the Mexican army and the National Guard (…) arrested Ovidio, the alleged leader of the Los Menores faction, related to the Pacific Cartel,” said Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval, referring to the other name by which the Sinaloa Cartel is known, one of the most powerful criminal organizations in the world.
“This arrest represents a forceful blow to the leadership of the Pacific Cartel,” he added.
The capture, Sandoval explained, was the product of six months of reconnaissance and surveillance work. However, experts assured that the operation would be related to the visit next week of the president of the United States, Joe Biden.
Once their leader was arrested, gunmen from the criminal group carried out 19 blockades and attacks in the area, including the Culiacán International Airport, capital of Sinaloa, in the northwest of the country, and a military air base. The attacks left two police officers dead and almost twenty injured.
After his arrest, Ovid Guzman32, was transferred to Mexico City in a military aircraft to be taken to the Altiplano prison, in the State of Mexico.
