With traces of blood, hundreds of casings and just over a dozen armored vehicles with bullet holes is the house where Ovidio Guzmán, one of the sons of Joaquín “el Chapo” Guzmán, was arrested in Sinaloa, located in Sinaloa, to the north of Mexico.
The town of Jesús María, some 20 kilometers northwest of Culiacán, the state capital, is still experiencing the ravages of last Thursday’s operation, in which Army and National Guard agents captured the Mexican drug lord.
The operation, which left 29 dead, a dozen of them belonging to the Mexican Armed Forces and 19 to the criminal groups that generated the violent disturbances, He also left about 30 burst and burned vehicles that were left on the road after the confrontation that lasted about 10 hours, which to this day had not withdrawn.
While, inside the farm, of approximately 150 square meters, dozens of casings and damaged sports cars were scattered, in addition to other vehicles that have mouse stickers attached, alluding to the nickname by which Ovid is known.
Until this Saturday, agents of the Mexican Army continue to carry out inspections in the area.
After his capture, Ovidio Guzmán was admitted to the Federal Center for Social Readaptation (Cefereso) number 1 of the Altiplano -also known as the Almoloya prison-, located in the State of Mexico, where his father was also held, who escaped from there in 2015.
There, a judge ordered preventive detention and set a period of 60 days for the United States to gather the information to request extradition. of the drug dealer
Meanwhile, his defense processed two injunctions, one against immediate extradition and another to prevent Guzmán from remaining incommunicado, in addition to requesting that he be granted medication alleging surgery and various illnesses he suffers from.
Ovidio’s arrest was surprising as it occurred days before US President Joe Biden’s visit to Mexicoon the occasion of the North American Leaders Summit, although President Andrés Manuel López Obrador denied any relationship between the two events.
humanitarian aid arrives
The governor of Sinaloa, Rubén Rocha Moya, reported this Saturday that, on the instructions of López Obrador, and in conjunction with his government and the Secretary of National Defense, humanitarian aid would be provided to the community of Jesús Maríawhere Ovidio Guzmán was arrested.
The state president also said that personnel from the Federal Electricity Commission would be repairing the supply network to restore electricity service in the community.
Likewise, Rocha Moya asked the population “not to be afraid of anything.”
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