The city under siege: clashes began in Mexico after the detention of the son of drug lord "El Chapo" - ForumDaily
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City under siege: clashes break out in Mexico after drug lord El Chapo's son is detained

В городе Кулиакан на севере Мексики полиция, применяя оружие, задержала одного из сыновей осужденного в США наркоторговца Хоакина Гуcмана по прозвищу «Эль-Чапо» (Коротышка). Однако потом Овидио Гуcмана отпустили, чтобы не подвергать опасности жизни людей, пишет Air force.

Photo: Air Force video screenshot

Когда задержали сына наркоторговца, которого после ареста отца считают ключевой фигурой в картеле «Синалоа», между государственными силовыми структурами и членами этой структуры завязались перестрелки.

Judging by media reports and footage from the streets of Kuliakan, the city plunged into chaos. Presumably, members of the cartel tried to recapture Guzman from the police and military. The record shows how the militants patrol the city in pickups with machine guns. It was reported that members of the cartel took three soldiers hostage.

During the shootings with the use of large-caliber weapons, several cars were blown up. There is no exact data on the victims.

A few hours after Guzman’s detention, Security Minister Alfonso Duraso announced that the gangster had been released. This decision was made to save lives, he added.

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According to the official version, Guzman was discovered and detained by a police patrol, after which members of his cartel began to attack the security forces in order to recapture their boss.

According to local media reports, Ovidio Guzman was put on the wanted list in the United States on suspicion of drug trafficking.

City Under Siege

On shots from the main shopping area of ​​Kuliakan - protracted skirmishes with the use of large-caliber weapons.

Cartel members in pickups and with heavy machine guns entered into a shootout with the police and the army, which led to panic in restaurants and shopping centers.

In the footage we see the city under siege - with burning cars and military vehicles in the streets.

Photo: Air Force video screenshot

It turned out that amid the chaos, prisoners escaped from the local prison - the cartel tried to divert the attention of the police in order to recapture its leader.

Who is Shorty

Хоакин Гусман, отец задержанного и отпущенного гангстера, был главой одного из самых влиятельных мексиканских картелей «Синалоа», на который приходилась четверть всего наркотрафика в США, идущего через Мексику.

Screenshot from CBS video

Guzman was first arrested in Guatemala in the 1993 year and was held in the specially guarded prison of Puente Grande, from where he managed to escape in the 2001 year by hiding in a laundry basket. For 13 years he was at large, then he was again arrested.

The second time Guzman Sr. escaped from a Mexican prison in the summer of 2015, using a tunnel specially dug for him with lighting, ventilation and stairs. Huacan spent six months on the run, but in January of the 2016 he was again detained.

In 2017, Mexico agreed to extradite the drug dealer only after the US prosecutor promised that he would go to Guzman. will not be applied the death penalty.

17 July 2019 years Shorty was sentenced by an American court to life imprisonment and 30 more years in prison.

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