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The Mexican military has captured a son of the imprisoned drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.

Late Thursday afternoon they were still in the airport, unsure of when they would be able to return to Mexico City. He embraced the phrase “hugs, not bullets” to describe his approach to Mexico’s chronic violence, which would focus on social programs aimed at weakening the draw of organized crime. “We heard gunshots and threw ourselves to the floor,” he said. When the commercial flight was finally preparing to accelerate, Téllez heard gunshots in the distance. One of the most notorious came when A 2018 federal indictment in Washington, D.C., accused the younger Guzmán of conspiring to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana in the United States. “The Chapitos know that if el Mayo dies, (the cartel) is going to break apart if they don’t have control.” 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. 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. It will not, however, impede the flow of drugs into the U.S.

Mexico's military arrested Ovidio Guzman, the alleged leader of a major drug trafficking organization suspected of funneling narcotics to the US, ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The sun wasn't yet up in Culiacan when David Téllez and his family began making their way to the city's airport for a return flight...

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. 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 airliner was finally preparing to accelerate, passengers heard gunshots in the distance. But Sergio Alvarez, head of another local business chamber, said that in some sense the effects of Thursday’s violence were greater. 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. While most people stayed in their homes Thursday, by Friday people were starting to go back out on the streets, Medrano said. At least one convoy included a flatbed truck with a mounted gun in the back. The army responded by calling in Blackhawk helicopter gunships to attack a convoy of 25 cartel vehicles, including truck-mounted cartel gun platforms. The gang then sent hordes of gunmen to attack fixed-wing aircraft, both military and civilian, at the city’s international airport. 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.

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.

(Bloomberg) -- Mexico's military arrested Ovidio Guzman, the alleged leader of a major drug trafficking organization suspected of funneling narcotics to the ...

The US has faced a rising number of deaths by fentanyl in recent years. Guzman, one of the sons of incarcerated drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was captured early Thursday in Culiacan, in the Sinaloa state, and transferred to Mexico City, Defense Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval told reporters. He was released by the Mexican government after his capture in October 2019 led to widespread violence across Culiacan.

Canadian tourists were trapped inside a Mexican hotel Thursday as buses that were supposed to take them to an airport and safely home burned outside.

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Violence was unleashed in Mexico Thursday after security forces arrested Ovidio Guzman, a son of jailed Sinaloa Cartel boss Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, ...

These people can’t go out in the streets if there’s buses burning out front and the cartel’s there.” With roadblocks in place and businesses told to close, one traveller said Mazatlan was “a ghost town.” Just from reading between the lines of the texts and such, they’re pretty shaken.” I just know my brother and his family are stuck in the hotel right now.” “The lobby is full of people that were supposed to fly out and if they’re not out by 5 p.m. Burning cars, gunfire and threats to essential infrastructure have been reported in the affected areas, officials added. The U.S. Later, Mexico’s Civil Aviation Agency said in a statement that an air force plane in Culiacan had also been hit with gunfire. Passenger video posted online showed people cowering on the floor of the plane. The cartel is one of the world’s most powerful narcotics trafficking organizations. Local and state authorities warned everyone to stay indoors. The local government in Sinaloa urged people to stay indoors and said schools and administrative offices were closed due to the violence.

Canada is warning travellers to exercise a high degree of caution in Mexico after an Aeromexico plane was hit by gunfire Thursday morning.

If you are there, limit your movements and shelter in place if possible. “If you are there, limit your movements and shelter in place if possible.” The Culiacán and Mazatlán airports are closed. - limit your movements and shelter in place if possible [#Sinaloa]State since the arrest of a cartel leader. “The Culiacán and Mazatlán airports are closed,” tweeted the Canadian government.

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.

Burning cars and closed airports: The Government of Canada is urging Canadians in Mexico's Sinaloa state, including Mazatlán, to limit their movements and ...

Citizen organizations march in support of Mexico's National Elections Institute as President Andrés Manuel López Obrador pushes to reform it, in Mexico City, ...

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Violence erupted in Culiacan, Mexico and surrounding areas after the military captured Ovidio Guzman, a son of the notorious former Sinaloa cartel boss ...

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Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador walks with his wife Beatriz Gutierrez Muller, before voting in a national referendum on whether he should end his ...

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Nineteen suspected gang members and 10 military personnel died during events surrounding the arrest of Mexican drug cartel leader Ovidio Guzman in the ...

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Canadian tourists were trapped inside a Mexican hotel Thursday as buses that were supposed to take them to an airport and safely home burned outside.

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Canadian tourists were trapped inside a Mexican hotel yesterday after buses that were to take them to an airport were burned.

Ottawa says the violence is particularly fierce in Culiacan, Mazatlan, Los Mochis and Guasave. Tina Dahl of Edmonton, whose six family members are in the popular tourist city of Mazatlan, described the scene as ``chaos.'' Canadian tourists were trapped inside a Mexican hotel yesterday after buses that were to take them to an airport were burned.