Who is Ovidio Guzmán, the heir to the Sinaloa cartel?

Ovid Guzmán López, nicknamed “The mouse“, has been recaptured for mexican authoritiesa situation that has given rise to the second “culiacanazo”.

Following reports of blockades and shootings in culiacan, sinaloa In the early hours of this January 5, the authorities managed to arrest the son of “El Chapo”who was one of the high commands of the cSinaloa art.

Ovidio Guzmán is one of the ten children of drug trafficker Joaquín Guzmán Loera, former leader of the Sinaloa cartel. “El Ratón” was born on March 29, 1990 in Badiraguato, Sinaloa and is currently 32 years old.

Since he was a teenager, Ovidio has been associated with the cartel. US prosecutors reported that in April 2008 he and his brothers conspired to distribute cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamine.

Likewise, in 2012 the US Office of Asset Control (OFAC) included his data on the list of people with whom financial operations should not be carried out, due to his relationship with Joaquín Guzmán Loera.

During his father’s hearing in New York in 2019, “El Ratón” was mentioned as one of the strategists in the escape of “El Chapo” from the El Altiplano prison in the State of Mexico in July 2015.

After the arrest and extradition of his father to a high security prison in the United States where he faces a life sentence, Ovidio Guzmán rose through the ranks in the cartel and was currently classified as one of the high command.

“El Ratón” gained prominence in October 2019, when he was arrested in Culiacán by Mexican authorities. The capture of the son of the most dangerous drug trafficker in Mexico caused chaos and a wave of violence in the area, an event described as the “Culiacanazo.”

Given the violence presented in Sinaloa due to the confrontations between the Cartel and federal authorities, the release of Ovidio Guzmán was ordered as a peace strategy and to avoid affecting the citizenry.

Guzmán López, along with his brothers Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar, Jesus Alfredo Guzmán Salazar and Joaquín Guzmán López, were wanted by the US Department of State and their whereabouts had a reward of five million dollars.

“El Ratón” faces charges for drug trafficking, in addition to being responsible for the events that occurred in “Culiacanazo”. Similarly, US authorities affirm that the alleged criminal ordered the murder of a Mexican singer, informants and a drug trafficker.

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Ovidio Guzmán, arrested for the second time in four years

From the early hours of this January 5, local media reported blockades and violence in Culiacán. Hours later, an operation by Mexican authorities began to be reported in the area for the arrest of high-ranking officers of the Sinaloa cartel.

The Governor of Sinaloa, Rubén Rocha Moya, asked the population to shelter in their localities and avoid going out into the streets, since he was informed by the Secretary of the Interior, Adán Augusto López, of an operation by the Mexican Armed Forces in the area.

Until a few minutes ago, the second arrest of Ovidio Guzmán López in the municipality of Jesús María, in Culiacán, was reported as official.

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