Mexico gives account of violence after 'Chapo' son nabbed

[dalton99a]

https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government-mexico-drug-crimes-city-d74ba460138c067ca538c862e3f0a5b0

Mexico gives account of violence after ‘Chapo’ son nabbed
By MARK STEVENSON and MARÍA VERZA

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The operation to detain Ovidio Guzman, the son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, unleashed firefights that turned the northern city of Culiacan into a war zone with 30 dead, authorities said Friday.

In a blow-by-blow description of the battles Thursday that killed 10 military personnel and 19 suspected members of the Sinaloa drug cartel, Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval said cartel gunmen opened fire on troops with a half-dozen .50-caliber machine guns.

The army responded by calling in Blackhawk helicopter gunships to attack a convoy of 25 cartel vehicles, including truck-mounted cartel gun platforms. The running shootouts also killed one Culiacan policeman, and wounded 17 police officers and 35 military personnel.

The cartel then opened fire on the military aircraft, forcing two of them down with “a significant number of impacts” in each of the two aircraft, Sandoval said. The gang then sent hordes of gunmen to attack fixed-wing aircraft, both military and civilian, at the city’s international airport.

One civilian airliner was hit. The gunmen also shot up airport buildings in a bid to prevent authorities from flying the captured cartel boss out of the city. But, Sandoval said, authorities anticipating the resistance had loaded Ovidio Guzman onto a military helicopter to fly him back to Mexico City.

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[roamer65]

1. I hope they are increasing security around President Obrador.

[dalton99a]

2. And President Biden on his visit

[roamer65]

3. +1000

The Mexican drug cartels are probably better armed than many small nations.

[NutmegYankee]

4. This happened before - Cartels literaly took police families hostage.

And they laid siege to the city killing random people all over until police released him. Let's hope they extradite him to the USA as soon as possible.

[UTUSN]

5. Weasel AMLO (president/Mexico so nobody asks) said BIDEN had nothing to do with it

* Who asked?

[bahboo]

6. sounds like a scene from a Don Winslow novel....