Así las cosas al norte de #Culiacán. Momentos exactos de la balacera captados por el compañero reportero Policiaco, Ernesto Martínez. pic.twitter.com/o53uBLqCWr
— Juan Pablo Pérez Díaz (@PerezDiazMX) October 17, 2019
Amid the impeachment brouhaha blanketing the airwaves here last Thursday, a massive firefight erupted in the Mexican city of Culiacan, where soldiers arrested Ovidio Guzman, a son of jailed drug lord El Chapo.
After the Sinaloa Cartel assault left upscale neighborhoods in tatters, government forces acquiesced to cartel gunmen demanding Guzman’s release.
The fighting revealed the power of Mexico’s drug cartels and why continuing to secure the U.S.-Mexico border remains of the utmost importance. (Hot Air)
The battle started when a group of police stormed a house belonging to the girlfriend of Ovidio Guzman. They captured him but soon cartel members took over the streets. This video shows some of the cartel gunmen on their way to the fight (the video was taken from WhatsApp):
Armados hasta Los dientes.#Culiacan #Sinaloa detienen al hijo del #ChapoGuzman pic.twitter.com/p8OmWDm9d9
— GRAN TLAHTOANI (@Porta_Tabasco) October 17, 2019
Those weren’t the biggest weapons that showed up:
En el centro de #Culiacán circulan también hombres armados. TOME PRECAUCIONES. Es justo por la Avenida Álvaro Obregón, frente al edificio “La Lonja”. pic.twitter.com/bNJL42n3vh
— Juan Pablo Pérez Díaz (@PerezDiazMX) October 17, 2019
There was a large gun battle in the streets, with cartel members burning buses and large trucks to limit the ability of authorities to call in reinforcements:
#Culiacán zona de guerra. Enrique Cabrera y Enrique Félix Castro. pic.twitter.com/OUzFLtk08X
— Juan Pablo Pérez Díaz (@PerezDiazMX) October 17, 2019
In the midst of the chaos, the cartels apparently staged a jailbreak. Here you can see some of the 50 or so escaped prisoners swarming into the street:
En estos momentos la SSPE confirma una fuga en el Penal de Aguaruto en #Culiacán. pic.twitter.com/gpWvZLydYW
— Juan Pablo Pérez Díaz (@PerezDiazMX) October 17, 2019
Desperately outnumbered and outgunned, authorities released El Chapo’s son. He will not share his father’s fate, yet.
Dramatic video: the cartel sicarios surround the army & the army backs off. Military shakes cartel’s hands and stand down. #Culiacan pic.twitter.com/9OV6jeV3St
— Alkotero (@Akotero) October 18, 2019
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