El Chapo

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.

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

The U.S. State Department said Ovidio Guzmán was a"high-ranking member" of the Sinaloa Cartel that his jailed father previously led.

State Department last month as a "high-ranking member" of the Sinaloa Cartel that his father previously led, per [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexicos-culiacan-suffers-night-violence-with-gunfire-blockades-2023-01-05/). - The unrest centered in Culiacán, where the younger Guzmán was arrested. federal prison in Colorado after a jury convicted him in 2019 of 10 counts including continuing criminal enterprise and drug trafficking offenses. [CNN](https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/05/americas/el-chapo-son-arrested-mexico-intl/index.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosworld&stream=world)reports. [described](https://www.state.gov/narcotics-rewards-program-target-information-wanted/ovidio-guzman-lopez/) by the U.S. [El Chapo](https://www.axios.com/2019/02/12/el-chapo-guilty-verdict-drug-trafficking)" Guzmán, sparked deadly riots in the northern state of Sinaloa Thursday, ahead of [President Biden's visit](https://www.axios.com/2019/02/12/el-chapo-guilty-verdict-drug-trafficking) to the country next week.

In Mexico stronghold of Sinaloa cartel, armed men burn vehicles, storm airport to try to prevent capture of drug lord Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán's son.

After famously escaping from Mexican prison twice, El Chapo was extradited to the U.S. Rubén Rocha Moya said authorities had regained control of the state. Salvador Cienfuegos, who served as defense minister from 2012 to 2018, was arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking at Los Angeles International Airport in 2020 but released after López Obrador threatened to withhold future security cooperation with the U.S. Vizcarra had been reporting on the violence early Thursday when armed gunmen seized his car. In Culiacán, Sandoval said, cartel fighters blocked all six entrances to the city and attacked a commercial airport and a nearby air force base. “It was a moral defeat for the entire Mexican state,” said Carlos A. Even as the cartel mounted attacks across the state, the air force was able to fly the younger Guzmán to Mexico City, said Mexican Secretary of Defense Luis Cresencio Sandoval González. DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena in 1985. By the end of the day Thursday, Sinaloa Gov. “Finally capturing him today is important from a material standpoint, but more than anything, it’s very important symbolically.” unless Cienfuegos was freed. president since 2014.

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.

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.

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, ...

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 ...

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.” A 2018 federal indictment in Washington, D.C., accused the younger Guzmán of conspiring to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana in the United States. 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.

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.