El Chapo

Arrested drug cartel leader Ovidio Guzmán, the son of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán, is being held in the Altiplano maximum security federal prison, ...

They “began investing large amounts of the cash into the purchasing of marijuana in Mexico and cocaine in Colombia. Guzmán’s father, “El Chapo,” had escaped from Altiplano prison on July 11, 2015, but was captured and convicted in the US four years later of 10 counts, including engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, drug trafficking and firearms charges. The brothers are also alleged to oversee an estimated 11 “methamphetamine labs in the state of Sinaloa,” the State Department says. relations, told CNN in an email. They also began purchasing large amounts of ephedrine from Argentina and arranged for the smuggling of the product into Mexico as they began to experiment with methamphetamine production,” the State Department said. The state of Sinaloa is home to one of the world’s most powerful narcotics trafficking organizations, the Sinaloa Cartel, of which “El Chapo” was the leader.

The capture of the son of drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in northern Mexico left 29 dead, including 10 members of the country's military, ...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican security forces captured on Thursday drug cartel leader Ovidio Guzman, a son of jailed kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, ...

The incident was an embarrassing setback for the government of Lopez Obrador. Defense Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval told a news conference that security forces had captured the 32-year-old senior member of the Sinaloa Cartel. No one was hurt, it said. Ovidio, who has become a key figure in the cartel since the arrest of his father, was briefly detained in 2019 but was quickly released to end violent retribution in Culiacan from his cartel. The Sinaloa state government said three members of the security forces had been killed in the clashes. Coming three years after a failed operation to detain Ovidio ended in humiliation for the government of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the arrest triggered a wave of violence that forced authorities to shutter airports and schools in the city of Culiacan.

The U.S. State Department said Ovidio Guzmán was a"high-ranking member" of the Sinaloa Cartel that his jailed father previously led.

State Department last month as a "high-ranking member" of the Sinaloa Cartel that his father previously led, per [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexicos-culiacan-suffers-night-violence-with-gunfire-blockades-2023-01-05/). - The unrest centered in Culiacán, where the younger Guzmán was arrested. federal prison in Colorado after a jury convicted him in 2019 of 10 counts including continuing criminal enterprise and drug trafficking offenses. [CNN](https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/05/americas/el-chapo-son-arrested-mexico-intl/index.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosworld&stream=world)reports. [described](https://www.state.gov/narcotics-rewards-program-target-information-wanted/ovidio-guzman-lopez/) by the U.S. [El Chapo](https://www.axios.com/2019/02/12/el-chapo-guilty-verdict-drug-trafficking)" Guzmán, sparked deadly riots in the northern state of Sinaloa Thursday, ahead of [President Biden's visit](https://www.axios.com/2019/02/12/el-chapo-guilty-verdict-drug-trafficking) to the country next week.

The operation to detain Ovidio Guzman, the son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, unleashed firefights that turned the northern city of ...

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 airline flight was finally preparing to accelerate, passengers heard gunshots in the distance. 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. 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. At least one convoy included a flatbed truck with a mounted gun in the back. The gang then sent hordes of gunmen to attack fixed-wing aircraft, both military and civilian, at the city’s international airport. The army responded by calling in Blackhawk helicopter gunships to attack a convoy of 25 cartel vehicles, including truck-mounted cartel gun platforms, on Thursday. As bad as it is, the cartel has ensured relative stability, if not peace. 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. Rocha said that gunmen would be treated if they showed up at hospitals, but that gunmen shouldn’t try to abduct medical personnel.

Meanwhile, "El Chapo" is serving a life sentence at a supermax U.S. federal prison in Colorado after a jury convicted him in 2019 of 10 counts, including ...

State Department last month as a "high-ranking member" of the Sinaloa Cartel that his father previously led, per [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexicos-culiacan-suffers-night-violence-with-gunfire-blockades-2023-01-05/). federal prison in Colorado after a jury convicted him in 2019 of 10 counts, including continuing criminal enterprise and drug trafficking offenses. [described](https://www.state.gov/narcotics-rewards-program-target-information-wanted/ovidio-guzman-lopez/) by the U.S. [Ovidio Guzmán](https://www.axios.com/2023/01/06/mexico-arrest-el-chapo-son-deadly-violence-sinola), a son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquín " [El Chapo](https://www.axios.com/2019/02/12/el-chapo-guilty-verdict-drug-trafficking)" Guzmán, to the U.S, per [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/06/americas/el-chapo-son-arrest-mexico-prison-intl/index.html). - The judge Friday also suspended a measure that prevented Guzmán from speaking to his legal team and his relatives, according to CNN. Details: Mexico’s Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said Guzmán's possible extradition wouldn't be immediate due to the formalities of the law, despite a 2019 arrest warrant in the U.S.

Ten soldiers and 19 suspected criminals were killed in an operation to arrest a son of jailed drug trafficker Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, Mexico's government ...

It accuses him of being a key player in the Sinaloa cartel founded by his father. "We act autonomously, independently. Ovidio Guzman and one of his brothers are accused of overseeing nearly a dozen methamphetamine labs in Sinaloa as well as conspiring to distribute cocaine and marijuana, according to the US State Department. The military planes "had to make an emergency landing" after receiving "a significant number of impacts," said Sandoval. [Ovidio Guzman was captured ](https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230105-mexico-arrests-son-of-notorious-drug-kingpin-el-chapo)in the northwestern city on Thursday and flown to Mexico City before being transferred to the high-security Altiplano prison in central [Mexico](https://www.france24.com/en/tag/mexico/) from which ["El Chapo"](https://www.france24.com/en/tag/el-chapo/) once escaped. The 32-year-old, nicknamed "El Raton" (The Mouse), had allegedly helped to run his father’s operations since the former Sinaloa cartel boss was extradited to the United States in 2017.

The fugitive son of drug lord El Chapo has been arrested by Mexican authorities in an operation that led to 29 deaths. Ovidio Guzman Lopez, also known as El ...