The inheritor to an empire
Joaquín Guzmán López “El Ratón” regularly assumed management of the Sinaloa Cartel after his father was arrested in 2016 and on the similar time, he based a parallel group collectively along with his brothers Iván, Alfredo and Joaquín, known as “Los Chapitos”, with a presence in a number of states of the nation.
In keeping with a report by the USA Drug Enforcement Company (DEA), Ovidio Guzmán and Emma Coronel, spouse of “El Chapo” Guzmán, have been amongst these accountable for the escape of the chief of the Sinaloa Cartel from the Almoloya jail, State of Mexico, in 2015.
The Culiacanazo
Ten months after President Andrés Manuel López Obrador assumed energy on October 17, 2019, members of the Nationwide Protection Secretariat led an arrest operation in opposition to Ovidio Guzmán in Culiacán, Sinaloa, one of many fundamental working websites of the so-called Pacific Cartel.
This triggered a collection of drug blockades, exchanges of gunfire, acts of violence and even a warning from members of the prison group to the Mexican authorities to hold out assaults in opposition to the civilian inhabitants.
For that reason, the federal government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador ordered the army forces deployed in Sinaloa to withdraw and free the son of drug trafficker Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, who was already in the USA going through prison costs.
Second seize
Within the early hours of January 5, 2023, parts of the Ministry of Nationwide Protection and the Nationwide Guard have been deployed in Sinaloa to hold out a discreet operation to seize Ovidio Guzmán for the second time.
Members of the Sinaloa Cartel and Los Chapitos as soon as once more activated their protocols to attempt to safe the discharge of their chief. Nonetheless, after his seize on the outskirts of Culiacán, “El Ratón” was transferred to Mexico Metropolis and later to the Altiplano jail.
Of their try and threaten the federal authorities, members of the prison group blocked a number of roads and burned automobiles, and even shot at a industrial airplane on the Culiacán airport.
Because of the violence, authorities in Sinaloa have issued a pink alert and requested the inhabitants and vacationers to take shelter to keep away from dangerous conditions.
Lastly, authorities managed to comprise the violence.
