CULIACAN, MX. (THECOUNT) — The son of former drug lord, El Chapo, is now being held by Mexican authorities, and a massive shootout is currently going down in the city where the drug kingpin’s offspring was arrested.
According to multiple reports, El Chapo’s son Ovidio Guzmán López has been taken into custody in the Mexican city of Culiacán … and masked gunmen are now trading fire with Mexican security forces.
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Ovidio is said to be an active member of El Chapo’s Sinaloa Cartel. He’s reportedly facing charges in the U.S. for conspiracy to traffic cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamine, reports TMZ.
¿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
In video posted on social media by journalists in Mexico, you can see a massive police presence carrying out an apparent operation to bring in Ovidio. There are tons of armed officers on foot, plus trucks and jeeps with mounted weapons following behind.
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Geo quick facts: Culiacán is a city in northwestern Mexico. It is the largest city in and the capital of the state of Sinaloa. It is also the seat of Culiacán Municipality. It had an urban population of 785,800 in 2015 while 905,660 lived in the entire municipality – Wikipedia.