Gunfight captures Mexican drug lord 0
Drug lord Guzman was arrested by Mexican special forces.
On January 8, the Mexican government announced that the country’s marine corps special force had captured drug lord Joaquin El Chapo Guzman, the world’s most wanted criminal, after a daring prison escape.
Last July, while serving a sentence in what is considered the most secret prison in Mexico, this notorious Sinaloa drug cartel kingpin made a prison escape that surprised the whole world by using a tunnel dug right in.
According to Mexican security officials, Guzman, also nicknamed `The Short Man`, was captured after a fierce gun battle with special forces soldiers from the country’s marine force in the city of Los Mochis.
After escaping from Altiplano federal prison on July 11 last year, Guzman quickly fled to his lair in Sinaloa, known as the Golden Triangle, the epicenter of drug trafficking in Mexico.
Here, Guzman and his henchmen succeeded in evading the largest hunting campaign in the history of Mexican security forces for many months.
However, early on January 8, from a tip-off from Los Mochis city residents about the appearance of mysterious gunmen at a house, marine special forces and organized crime forces
After surrounding the house, the raid force was suddenly discovered and faced fierce resistance from the gunmen inside.
Information about the gunfight was immediately spread on the Mexican social network Twitter, when residents of the city of Los Mochis warned people not to leave their homes, while police helicopters continuously hovered in the sky.
After a fierce gun battle, 5 of Guzman’s subordinates were destroyed, 6 were injured and some were captured alive.
Images appeared in the Mexican press showing boss Guzman wearing a dirty tank top and handcuffed in a house.
Mexican marines sealed off the scene after arresting Guzman.
The Mexican military said that when fleeing, Guzman always brought with him a team of entourage that was armed to the teeth.
Large net
The Mexican Marines said Guzman was not the only big fish they caught in the raid.
According to the Mexican government, Gastelum is in charge of the Sinaloa cartel’s `iron fist` campaigns to suppress and humiliate opponents to protect the cartel’s interests.
A 20-year-old beauty queen named Maria Susana Florez Gamez was used as a human shield by gunmen in the Sinaloa cartel during a shootout with Mexican special forces soldiers in Guamuchil, her hometown.
Recently, Gastelum is said to have received instructions from Guzman to focus on protecting the northern territory of the Sinaloa cartel against the expansion of the Beltran Leyva cartel, an organized crime group that has been eyeing Sinaloa for many years.
Mexican security officials believe that Guzman has had to continuously defend himself on two fronts since his escape from prison in July. On the one hand, he must resist the aggressive actions and struggles of the Leyva gang, and on the other hand, he must always
The raid to arrest Guzman immediately received praise from Mexican politics and public opinion as well as US law enforcement forces.
A cache of heavy weapons was found in the house where Guzman was hiding.
For a long time, the DEA and FBI have cooperated closely with the Mexican marines, considered the most effective force in the fight against drugs in the country, to conduct operations to hunt down dangerous criminals.
The US is hoping that Mexico will allow this drug lord to be extradited to Chicago, the city where Guzman is considered `enemy number one`, to be tried under US law.
This arrest is considered a great success, regaining the prestige of the government of President Enrique PeNa Nieto, who has suffered a lot of criticism after Guzman’s prison escape.
