An extended gun battle with high-caliber weapons raged in the streets of Mexico after security forces located one of Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán's sons. Videos published on social media showed a scene resembling a war zone.
Smoke from burning cars rises due in Culiacan, Mexico, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. An intense gunfight with heavy weapons and burning vehicles blocking roads raged in the capital of Mexico’s Sinaloa state Thursday after security forces located one of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán’s sons who is wanted in the U.S. on drug trafficking charges.
The house was then surrounded by heavily armed gunmen who had “a greater force” and authorities decided to suspend the operation, Durazo said. He did not say if Ovidio Guzmán had been arrested or went free. Ovidio was not one of the jailed Mexican drug lord’s best-known sons - Iván Archivaldo Guzmán and Jesús Alfredo Guzmán are known as “los Chapitos,” or “the little Chapos,” and are believed to currently run their father’s Sinaloa Cartel together with Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada.
Videos published on social media showed a scene resembling a war zone, with gunmen, some wearing black ski masks over their faces, riding in the back of trucks firing mounted machine guns as vehicles burned. People could be seen running for cover as machinegun fire rattled around them. Drivers drove in reverse frantically to get away from the clashes.
Castañeda said gunmen blocked streets with burning vehicles, a common tactic to make it difficult for security forces to maneuver. Simultaneously, some 20 to 30 prisoners escaped though some were quickly recaptured, he said.Sinaloa’s soccer club Dorados announced that it had cancelled its game Thursday due to security concerns.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Gunbattles erupt after El Chapo's son is reported detained in MexicoBREAKING: Heavy gunfire has rocked the Mexican city of Culiacan, home to Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s Sinaloa cartel, after security forces detained a son of the notorious kingpin.
Read more »
Gunbattles erupt as Mexico says El Chapo's son is locatedHeavy gunfire has rocked the Mexican city of Culiacan, home to Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s Sinaloa cartel, after security forces detained a son of the notorious kingpin.
Read more »
Gunbattles erupt in Mexico when El Chapo's son is captured, prompting his releaseHeavy gunfire has rocked the Mexican city of Culiacan, home to Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s Sinaloa cartel, after security forces detained a son of the notorious kingpin.
Read more »
Asylum seekers cling to hope, safety in camp at U.S.-Mexico borderEven after he was kidnapped and robbed outside the makeshift migrant camp, Luis Osorto decided his only chance at U.S. asylum was to stay put along the border just inside Mexico, but promised himself he wouldn’t leave the tent, even for the essentials
Read more »
Cuban asylum seekers, once welcomed into the U.S., face new roadblocks with ‘Remain in Mexico’Cuban asylum seekers who have had a clear path to legal status in the U.S. since the 1960s are now finding that route blocked by the Trump administration, according to lawyers representing Cuban nationals.
Read more »