{"id":2863,"date":"2023-01-06T11:36:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T11:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=2863"},"modified":"2023-01-06T11:59:48","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T11:59:48","slug":"violence-hits-mexican-cartel-stronghold-as-chapo-son-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/analysis\/defense\/war\/violence-hits-mexican-cartel-stronghold-as-chapo-son-arrested\/2023\/01\/06\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Violence hits Mexican cartel stronghold as ‘Chapo’ son arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"

MEXICO<\/span> CITY<\/span> (AP)<\/span> -January,6 –<\/span>Mexican<\/span> President<\/span> Andr\u00e9s<\/span> Manuel<\/span> L\u00f3pez<\/span> Obrador<\/span> has<\/span> lashed<\/span> out<\/span> at<\/span> his<\/span> predecessors’<\/span> aggressive<\/span> efforts<\/span> to<\/span> catch<\/span> the<\/span> drug<\/span> lord,<\/span> but<\/span> his<\/span> administration<\/span> came<\/span> just<\/span> days<\/span> before<\/span> President<\/span> Joe<\/span> Biden<\/span> took<\/span> office.<\/span>\u00a0
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>A<\/span> Culiacan<\/span> resident<\/span> posted<\/span> a<\/span> video<\/span> on<\/span> social<\/span> media<\/span> showing<\/span> a<\/span> convoy<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> shooter<\/span> in<\/span> his<\/span> pickup<\/span> truck<\/span> and<\/span> his<\/span> SUV<\/span> rolling<\/span> through<\/span> the<\/span> city’s<\/span> thoroughfares.<\/span> At<\/span> least<\/span> one<\/span> of<\/span> his<\/span> convoys<\/span> included<\/span> a<\/span> flatbed<\/span> his<\/span> truck,<\/span> the<\/span> same<\/span> type<\/span> of<\/span> vehicle<\/span> that<\/span> sparked<\/span> riots<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> 2019<\/span> riots,<\/span> with<\/span> a<\/span> cannon<\/span> mounted<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> rear.<\/span> All<\/span> entrances<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> city<\/span> were<\/span> blocked<\/span> and<\/span> similar<\/span> actions<\/span> took<\/span> place<\/span> in<\/span> other<\/span> parts<\/span> of<\/span> Sinaloa.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>The<\/span> Reverend<\/span> Esteban<\/span> Robles,<\/span> spokesman<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> Roman<\/span> Catholic<\/span> diocese<\/span> of<\/span> Culiacan,<\/span> said<\/span> there<\/span> was<\/span> “an<\/span> atmosphere<\/span> of<\/span> uncertainty<\/span> and<\/span> tension”<\/span> and<\/span> those<\/span> who<\/span> were<\/span> able<\/span> to<\/span> stay<\/span> in<\/span> their<\/span> homes<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Mexican<\/span> security<\/span> forces<\/span> suspected<\/span> U.S.<\/span> wanted<\/span> drug<\/span> trafficker<\/span> Ovidio<\/span> Guzman<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> son<\/span> of<\/span> former<\/span> Sinaloa<\/span> cartel<\/span> boss<\/span> Joaquin<\/span> “El<\/span> Chapo”<\/span> Guzman<\/span> for<\/span> an<\/span> operation<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> northwestern<\/span> state<\/span> of<\/span> Sinaloa<\/span> on<\/span> October<\/span> 6.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Telles<\/span> pushed<\/span> his<\/span> family<\/span> back<\/span> to<\/span> Mexico<\/span> City,<\/span> avoiding<\/span> several<\/span> abandoned<\/span> vehicles<\/span> blocking<\/span> the<\/span> road<\/span> and<\/span> eventually<\/span> making<\/span> it<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> airport.<\/span><\/p>\n

So<\/span> the<\/span> family<\/span> rushed<\/span> to<\/span> check<\/span> in<\/span> to<\/span> their<\/span> flight<\/span> before<\/span> airport<\/span> restaurant<\/span> staff<\/span> evacuated<\/span> them<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> restroom.<\/span> The<\/span> shooter<\/span> arrived<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> airport<\/span> and<\/span> stopped<\/span> authorities<\/span> from<\/span> popping<\/span> Guzman.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>Juan<\/span> Carlos<\/span> Ayala,<\/span> a<\/span> professor<\/span> at<\/span> Sinaloa<\/span> University<\/span> who<\/span> studies<\/span> the<\/span> sociology<\/span> of<\/span> drug<\/span> trafficking<\/span> and<\/span> lives<\/span> in<\/span> Culiacan,<\/span> said<\/span> Ovidio<\/span> Guzman<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> an<\/span> obvious<\/span> target<\/span> since<\/span> at<\/span> least<\/span> 2019.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>This<\/span> may<\/span> be<\/span> due<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> funds<\/span> the<\/span> cartels<\/span> bring<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> region,<\/span> but<\/span> also<\/span> because<\/span> locals<\/span> know<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> cartels<\/span> will<\/span> continue<\/span> to<\/span> exist<\/span> even<\/span> after<\/span> the<\/span> federal<\/span> troops<\/span> leave.<\/span> As<\/span> bad<\/span> as<\/span> it<\/span> is,<\/span> cartels<\/span> ensure<\/span> relative<\/span> stability,<\/span> if<\/span> not<\/span> peace.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>Guzman<\/span> was<\/span> indicted<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span> on<\/span> drug<\/span> trafficking<\/span> charges<\/span> in<\/span> 2018.<\/span> He,<\/span> along<\/span> with<\/span> longtime<\/span> cartel<\/span> boss<\/span> Ismael<\/span> “El<\/span> Mayo”<\/span> Zambada,<\/span> had<\/span> a<\/span> growing<\/span> role<\/span> among<\/span> his<\/span> brothers<\/span> in<\/span> continuing<\/span> his<\/span> father’s<\/span> business,<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> both<\/span> governments.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Secretary<\/span> of<\/span> State<\/span> Marcelo<\/span> Ebrard<\/span> confirmed<\/span> in<\/span> 2019<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> government<\/span> had<\/span> received<\/span> a<\/span> request<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span> to<\/span> extradite<\/span> Guzman.<\/span> He<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> application<\/span> would<\/span> need<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> updated<\/span> and<\/span> processed,<\/span> but<\/span> added<\/span> that<\/span> Guzman<\/span> first<\/span> had<\/span> unresolved<\/span> lawsuits<\/span> waiting<\/span> for<\/span> him<\/span> in<\/span> Mexico.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MEXICO CITY (AP) -January,6 –Mexican President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador has lashed out at his predecessors’ aggressive efforts to catch the drug lord, but his administration came just days before President Joe Biden took office.\u00a0 A Culiacan resident posted a video on social media showing a convoy of the shooter in his pickup truck and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[276,280],"tags":[77,679,680,681,682,683],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/mexico-violence-1.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2863"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2863"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2867,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2863\/revisions\/2867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}