El Chapo

Ovidio Guzmán's arrest on Thursday prompted heavy fighting from cartel gunmen in the city of Culiacán.

He is serving a life sentence at Colorado’s Supermax, the most secure US federal prison. Local government urged people to stay indoors and said schools and administrative offices were closed due to the violence. The defense secretary, Luís Cresencio Sandoval, told reporters that Guzmán had been transferred to the Mexican capital after his capture by members of the army and national guard. Unverified videos on social media appeared to show heavy gunfire, including from helicopters during the night. The whole town is a mess,” the resident said. Security forces recognized Ovidio Guzmán, who they managed to detain,” he said.

Mexican security forces captured Ovidio Guzmán, an alleged drug trafficker wanted by the United States and one of the sons of former Sinaloa cartel boss ...

Late Thursday afternoon they were still in the airport, unsure of when they would be able to return to Mexico City. "We heard gunshots and threw ourselves to the floor," he said. López Obrador entered office highly critical of the toll of his predecessors' drug war. One of the most notorious came when When the commercial flight was finally preparing to accelerate, Téllez heard gunshots in the distance. A 2018 federal indictment in Washington, D.C., accused the younger Guzmán of conspiring to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana in the United States. "This is a significant blow to the Sinaloa cartel and major victory for the rule of law. Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard confirmed that Mexico received a request in 2019 from the United States for Guzmán's arrest for purposes of extradition. "The Chapitos know that if el Mayo dies, (the cartel) is going to break apart if they don't have control." National Guard troops spotted SUVs, some with homemade armor, and immediately coordinated with the army as they established a perimeter around the suspicious vehicles and forced the occupants out to be searched. López Obrador put all his faith in the military, disbanding the corrupt Federal Police and creating the National Guard under military command. Ovidio Guzmán, nicknamed "the Mouse," had not been one of El Chapo's better-known sons until an aborted operation to capture him three years ago.

Mexican drug cartel leader Ovidio Guzmán, a son of jailed kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, is arrested in Mexico, unleashing a violent backlash by gang ...

Hopefully, Mexico will extradite him to the US." One of the Mexican officials said Ovidio Guzman's arrest was likely to prove a welcome addition to US-Mexico cooperation on security ahead of Mr Biden's visit. Ovidio Guzmán, who has become a key figure in the cartel since the arrest of his father, was briefly detained in 2019 but was quickly released to end violent retribution in Culiacan from his gang. - The arrest has sparked a wave of violence on the streets of Culiacan in the northern state of Sinaloa [ended in humiliation for the government](/news/2019-10-18/son-of-el-chapo-captured-and-freed-to-protect-lives/11617074), when it was forced to release him shortly after to stem the flow of violence that erupted on the streets of Culiacan by gunman aligned to the Sinaloa Cartel. Mexican drug cartel leader Ovidio Guzmán, a son of jailed kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, has been arrested, unleashing a violent backlash by gang gunmen that shut the airport in the city of Culiacan as authorities told residents to stay indoors.

Ovidio Guzman has worked with his father's cartel since he was a teenager. He is wanted in the United States, which has offered $5 million for his capture. As ...

PERALTA: Today, the cartel is fighting on multiple fronts, and it may not be able to muster the same kind of violence to make the government capitulate. The capture of Guzmán is redemption," he says. PERALTA: "The government's weakness was on display. Carlos Perez Ricart, a professor at the Center for Economic Research and Training, says that was a huge embarrassment for the government. A video shared on social media shows a helicopter trading heavy gunfire with armed men on the ground. Mexican security forces surrounded a group of heavily armed members of the Sinaloa cartel.

Mexico's defense secretary said the military had captured Ovidio Guzmán, a son of the notorious former Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, ...

Samuel González, who founded Mexico's special prosecutor's office for organized crime in the 1990s, said Guzmán's capture was a "gift" ahead of Biden's visit. When the airline flight was finally preparing to accelerate, Téllez heard gunshots in the distance. All of organized crime's armies have strengthened, not just the Chapitos, and this is the price that society is paying for this strategy of the federal government." Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard confirmed that the government had received a request in 2019 from the United States for Guzmán's arrest for purposes of extradition. The safety of Culiacan's citizens is the most important." Culiacan residents posted video on social media showing convoys of gunmen in pickup trucks and SUVs rolling down boulevards in the city.

Mexico City: Mexican security forces captured drug cartel leader Ovidio Guzman, a son of jailed kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, triggering a wave of ...

The State Department said he oversaw methamphetamine labs in Sinaloa responsible for producing “3000 to 5000 pounds” of the drug per month. “The elements [of the case] have to be presented and the judges in Mexico decide,” the president said. In 2019, a failed operation to arrest Ovidio ended in humiliation for Lopez Obrador’s government. In 2021, the State Department announced a $US5 million ($7.3 million) reward for information leading to his arrest and conviction. “It is a process ... The arrest spurred the powerful Sinaloa Cartel – once headed by El Chapo himself – to go on a rampage, setting vehicles on fire, blocking roads, and fighting security forces in and around Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa.

Mexican security forces have captured Ovidio Guzmán, an alleged drug trafficker wanted by the United States...

"This is a significant blow to the Sinaloa cartel and major victory for the rule of law. Local and state authorities warned everyone to stay inside. Airports there and in several other Sinaloa cities remained closed. López Obrador said at the time he had made the decision to avoid the loss of life. Late Thursday afternoon they were still in the airport, unsure of when they would be able to return to Mexico City. "We heard gunshots and threw ourselves to the floor," he said. In addition to the Culiacan airport, the agency said airports in Los Mochis and Mazatlan were also ordered closed and all flights cancelled for security reasons. Sandoval said Guzmán was a leader of a Sinaloa faction he called "los menores" or "the juniors", who are also known as "los Chapitos", for the sons of El Chapo. It will not, however, impede the flow of drugs into the US. The security forces then came under fire, but were able to gain control of the situation and identify Guzmán among those present and in possession of firearms, Sandoval said. The capture was the result of six months of reconnaissance and surveillance in the cartel's territory, and then quick action on Thursday, Sandoval said. A 2018 federal indictment in Washington, DC, accused the younger Guzmán of conspiring to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana in the United States.

Gunfire hits two planes and gangs erect road blocks after a son of the notorious drug kingpin is seized.

There were blockades in different parts of the city and residents were urged to stay at home. The vehicle was parked off the main road for 16 hours in Caborca, in the neighbouring state of Sonora, before being allowed to move again. We may have been far from it but we were close enough to see many people driving pretty fast in the opposite direction." You can also get in touch in the following ways: He will now arrive on Sunday, a day earlier than previously expected, according to a tweet by Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard. Please include your name, age and location with any submission. His trial revealed some of the brutal details of how Mexico's drug cartels operate. More than 100 flights were cancelled at local airports as a result. No civilian deaths have yet been reported. They were then told the bus was "at risk" and the driver was informed he needed to "stop and hide". Dozens of vehicles were set alight and at least two planes at Sinaloa airports were hit by gunfire, in attacks blamed on the Sinaloa cartel. Mr Guzmán-López - nicknamed "The Mouse" - was extracted by helicopter and flown to the capital before being taken to a maximum security federal prison.

Arrested drug cartel leader Ovidio Guzmán, the son of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán, is being held in the Altiplano maximum security federal prison, ...

They “began investing large amounts of the cash into the purchasing of marijuana in Mexico and cocaine in Colombia. Guzmán’s father, “El Chapo,” had escaped from Altiplano prison on July 11, 2015, but was captured and convicted in the US four years later of 10 counts, including engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, drug trafficking and firearms charges. The brothers are also alleged to oversee an estimated 11 “methamphetamine labs in the state of Sinaloa,” the State Department says. relations, told CNN in an email. They also began purchasing large amounts of ephedrine from Argentina and arranged for the smuggling of the product into Mexico as they began to experiment with methamphetamine production,” the State Department said. The state of Sinaloa is home to one of the world’s most powerful narcotics trafficking organizations, the Sinaloa Cartel, of which “El Chapo” was the leader.