MEXICO CITY – Ten troopers and 19 felony suspects have been killed within the operation to arrest Ovidio Guzman, son of jailed drug trafficker Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the Mexican authorities mentioned Friday.
Ovidio Guzman, nicknamed “El Raton” (The Mouse), had allegedly helped to run his father’s operations since El Chapo was extradited to the United States in 2017.
The 32-year-old was rounded up Thursday within the northwestern metropolis of Culiacan and flown to Mexico City on a navy aircraft following six months of intelligence work to trace him down, the federal government mentioned.
“Ten members of the military… unfortunately lost their lives in the line of duty,” Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval informed reporters, including 19 “lawbreakers” have been additionally killed within the operation.
The United States had a reward out of as much as $5 million for data resulting in Ovidio Guzman’s seize. It accuses him of being a key participant within the notorious Sinaloa cartel.
Gunfire and arson shook Culiacan after the arrest, which got here as Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador ready to welcome his US counterpart Joe Biden subsequent week for a North America leaders’ summit the place safety is anticipated to be excessive on the agenda.
Initial reviews have been {that a} National Guardsman was killed and no less than 28 individuals wounded within the violence, whereas college courses have been suspended. — Agence France-Presse
