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Intense videos from Mexico show fierce gun battles being waged in the streets as federal military forces captured the son of notorious drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.
Reports out of Mexico are claiming that Ovidio Guzman Lopez, the son of Sinaloa Cartel drug lord El Chapo. On Thursday, videos from the northern Mexican city of Culiacan show civilians running for their lives as firefights broke out in the streets.
Terrifying videos and photos show dump trucks with heavily-armed soldiers inside, cartel members firing .50 cal rifles, pickup trucks with a large mounted gun on the bed, sicarios in action, and vehicles on fire. The urban warfare waged on for several hours according to several reports as smoked billowed and gunshots rang out.
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Detienen al hijo de El Chapo Guzmán, Iván Archibaldo Guzmán, lo que está ocasionando una fuerte balacera en #Culiacán #Sinaloa en esta ciudad pic.twitter.com/MjqqLsu3sx— LaGaceta.me (@LaGaceta_me) October 17, 2019
Siguen enfrentamientos en vía pública, en Culiacán, Sinaloa, entre grupos de civiles fuertemente armados. pic.twitter.com/A373BXOKhW
— Luis Morales Zepeda (@LuisMoralesZepe) October 17, 2019
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Usuarios de redes sociales nos comparten video del momento en que reos del penal de #Culiacán son liberados por grupos criminales, esto durante los fuertes enfrentamientos que se están registrando en este momento en #Sinaloa por la detención de Ovidio Guzmán López pic.twitter.com/HpSxLMrWaO— LaGaceta.me (@LaGaceta_me) October 17, 2019
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
¿Qué está pasando en #Culiacán?
Hasta las 5 de la tarde (hora culichi) no hay confirmación oficial, pero el rumor fuerte es que @SEDENAmx mató a Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar y detuvo a Ovidio Guzmán López en un operativo. Ambos son hijos del Chapo Guzmán. pic.twitter.com/ZSKVxAnOk8
— Oscar Balmen (@oscarbalmen) October 17, 2019
Sinaloa: balacera y movilización policiaca en instalaciones de la Fiscalía en Culiacán; versión preliminar indica captura de uno de los hijos del Chapo y que sujetos intentaron rescatarlo. pic.twitter.com/aLUVm3pjaH
— Fuerza Informativa Azteca (@AztecaNoticias) October 17, 2019
https://twitter.com/SharkNewsWires/status/1184993529753419778
People hiding inside what appears to be a super market as drug cartel violence erupts in Culiacan, Sinaloa after the Mexican government arrested El Chapo's sonhttps://t.co/zUiEFffHpb
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) October 18, 2019
#Culiacán zona de guerra. Enrique Cabrera y Enrique Félix Castro. pic.twitter.com/OUzFLtk08X
— Juan Pablo Pérez-Díaz (@perezdiazmx) October 17, 2019
Vice News reporter Keegan Hamilton reported that El Chapo’s 28-year-old son Ovidio Guzmán was captured by the Mexican military and his apprehension has been confirmed by U.S. officials.
US law enforcement official tells @vicenews it's "100% confirmed" that Ovidio Guzmán is in Mexican custody.
As for El Chapo's other son Iván Archivaldo… "It's far more complicated than alive or dead…"
— Keegan Hamilton (@keegan_hamilton) October 17, 2019
#BREAKING: Two sources confirm to @vicenews that this picture shows El Chapo's son Ovidio Guzmán today after he was captured by the Mexican military pic.twitter.com/Ngo5GQZOko
— Keegan Hamilton (@keegan_hamilton) October 18, 2019
https://twitter.com/Carloszup/status/1184986917902925824
The Mexican government confirmed the arrest of Ovidio Guzmán.
Statement from Mexican government confirms arrest of Ovidio Guzmán, captured by Mexican military at a house in Culiacán.
No mention of Iván Archivaldo…https://t.co/yQ24eq5aUK
— Keegan Hamilton (@keegan_hamilton) October 18, 2019
However, the battles may not be over because Daily Wire reporter Ryan Saavedra is reporting that the “family members of military personnel are being warned that truckloads of cartel gunmen are hunting for the relatives of Mexican army personnel in retaliation for the capture of El Chapo’s son, Ovidio Guzman, in Culiacan, Sinaloa.”
SCOOP: Source tells me that family members of military personnel are being warned that truckloads of cartel gunmen are hunting for the relatives of Mexican army personnel in retaliation for the capture of El Chapo's son, Ovidio Guzman, in Culiacan, Sinaloa
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) October 18, 2019
Ovidio Guzmán is one of four children from El Chapo’s second marriage. Ovidio is named on a February 2019 cocaine trafficking indictment by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Ovidio is said to be one of the top leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel after their father was captured and extradited to the United States in 2017. Joaquin Guzman was sentenced to life in prison on drug trafficking and conspiracy charges.