El Chapo

Mexican authorities have arrested Ovidio Guzmán, son of notorious drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán, a source from the federal government of Mexico told ...

Their father “El Chapo” Guzmán was convicted in the US in 2019 of 10 counts, including engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, drug trafficking and firearms charges. “El Chapo” was the leader of the cartel before he was sentenced to life in prison in 2020. They “began investing large amounts of the cash into the purchasing of marijuana in Mexico and cocaine in Colombia. The brothers are also alleged to oversee an estimated 11 “methamphetamine labs in the state of Sinaloa,” the State Department says. Capturing Guzmán could be a way for López Obrador to show the US that he is “in control of the armed forces and [Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán](https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/12/us/el-chapo-guzman-trial-verdict/index.html), a source from the federal government of Mexico told CNN, in a dramatic operation in the northern state of Sinaloa on Thursday that led to clashes around the city of Culiacán.

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.

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.

Alleged cartel members responded to the arrest of Ovidio "El Raton" Guzman by paralyzing the city, carjacking residents and setting vehicles ablaze.

Cartel members set up 19 roadblocks including at Culiacan's airport and outside the local army base, as well as all points of access to the city of Culiacan, Sandoval said. "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. "This is a significant blow to the Sinaloa cartel and major victory for the rule of law. Lopez Obrador put all his faith in the military, disbanding the corrupt federal police and creating the national guard under military command. Ovidio Guzman, nicknamed "the Mouse," had not been one of El Chapo's better-known sons until an aborted operation to capture him three years ago.

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.

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.

Mexican security forces on Thursday captured a son of jailed drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, scoring a high-profile win in the fight against ...

Videos on social media showed passengers and Aeromexico airline employees at the terminal ducking behind counters as gunfire rang out. Ovidio Guzman and one of his brothers are accused of overseeing nearly a dozen methamphetamine labs in Sinaloa as well as conspiring to distribute cocaine and marijuana, according to the US State Department. As Guzman’s henchmen reacted with fury, a passenger jet and an air force plane were both hit by gunfire at the Culiacan airport.

Alleged cartel members responded to the arrest of Ovidio "El Raton" Guzman by paralyzing the city of Culiacan, carjacking residents, and setting vehicles ...

Videos on social media showed passengers and Aeromexico airline employees at the terminal ducking behind counters as gunfire rang out. Ovidio Guzman and one of his brothers are accused of overseeing nearly a dozen methamphetamine labs in Sinaloa as well as conspiring to distribute cocaine and marijuana, according to the US State Department. As Guzman’s henchmen reacted with fury, a passenger jet and an air force plane were both hit by gunfire at the Culiacan airport. The United States had offered a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to Ovidio Guzman’s capture, accusing him of being a key player in the infamous Sinaloa cartel. He said the arrest was the result of six months of intelligence work tracking down the 32-year-old, who has allegedly helped to run his father’s operations since El Chapo was extradited to the United States in 2017. Ovidio Guzman, nicknamed “El Raton” (The Mouse), was caught in the northwestern city of Culiacan and flown to Mexico City on a military plane, Defense Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval told reporters.

In Mexico, seven members of the security forces had been killed, and 21 injured caused by the capture of the drug cartel leader, Ovidio Guzman.

Joaquin Guzman, 65, was convicted in New York in 2019 of trafficking billions of dollars of drugs to the United States and conspiring to murder enemies. The security forces attempted to control the violent response to the arrest in Culiacan with heavily armed teams patrolling in pickup trucks. The Mexican security officials said the violence took place largely in the city of Culiacan, home to the powerful drug cartel of the same name that El Chapo headed before his extradition to the United States in 2017. David Tellez, a passenger who boarded the plane with his wife and three children, said they had stayed in the airport until it was safe to leave. The city’s airport was caught up in the violence, with Mexican airline Aeromexico saying one of its planes had been hit by gunfire ahead of a scheduled flight to Mexico City. It is unclear whether Ovidio will be extradited to the United States like his father, who is serving a life sentence at Colorado’s Supermax, the most secure U.S.

Violence erupts in parts of Mexico following the arrest of Ovidio Guzman, son of jailed kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman on Thursday by the Mexican ...

"There is a lot of shooting and confusion." No one was hurt, it said. The violence took place largely in the city of Culiacan in the northern Sinaloa state, home to the powerful drug cartel of the same name that El Chapo headed before his extradition to the United States in 2017. At that time, Ovidio, who has become a key figure in the cartel since the arrest of his father, was quickly released to end violent retribution from his cartel. A failed operation to detain Ovidio in 2019 ended in humiliation for the government of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, after the arrest triggered a wave of violence that forced authorities to shutter Culiacan's schools and airports. The security forces attempted to control the violent response to the arrest in Culiacan with heavily armed teams patrolling in pickup trucks.

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.

Ten soldiers among those killed during arrest of drug kingpin's son, which sparks violence by cartel, government says.

While Mexican officials have tried to downplay the timing of the operation, Al Jazeera’s Holman said many observers are sceptical. unfortunately lost their lives in the line of duty,” Defence Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval told reporters on Friday, adding 19 “lawbreakers” were also killed in the operation. “It is a process … “Ten members of the military … It is not just the request.” Ovidio Guzman, nicknamed “El Raton”, or “The Mouse”, was rounded up early on Thursday in the northern state of Sinaloa and flown to Mexico City on a military plane.

The capture of the son of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in northern Mexico left 29 dead, including 10 members of the country's military, ...

The operation to detain Ovidio Guzman, the son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, unleashed firefights that turned the northern city of ...

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.” When the airline flight was finally preparing to accelerate, passengers heard gunshots in the distance. 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. They said they did not know the plane had been hit by gunfire until a flight attendant told them. The gunmen also shot up airport buildings in a bid to prevent authorities from flying the captured cartel boss out of the city. At least one convoy included a flatbed truck with a mounted gun in the back. The gang then sent hordes of gunmen to attack fixed-wing aircraft, both military and civilian, at the city’s international airport. The army responded by calling in Blackhawk helicopter gunships to attack a convoy of 25 cartel vehicles, including truck-mounted cartel gun platforms, on Thursday. As bad as it is, the cartel has ensured relative stability, if not peace. But, Sandoval said, authorities anticipating the resistance had loaded Ovidio Guzman onto a military helicopter to fly him back to Mexico City. Ruben Rocha said cartel gunmen showed up at local hospitals, trying to abduct doctors and take them away to treat wounded fighters. Rocha said that gunmen would be treated if they showed up at hospitals, but that gunmen shouldn’t try to abduct medical personnel.

Ten soldiers and 19 suspected criminals were killed in an operation to arrest a son of jailed drug trafficker Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, Mexico's government ...

It accuses him of being a key player in the Sinaloa cartel founded by his father. Ovidio Guzman also allegedly ordered the murders of informants, a drug trafficker and a Mexican singer who refused to perform at his wedding, it said. Ovidio Guzman and one of his brothers are accused of overseeing nearly a dozen methamphetamine labs in Sinaloa as well as conspiring to distribute cocaine and marijuana, according to the US State Department. “We act autonomously, independently. The United States had issued a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to Ovidio Guzman’s capture. The military planes “had to make an emergency landing” after receiving “a significant number of impacts,” said Sandoval.