NYT WORLD: El Chapo’s Son Is Captured by Mexican Authorities for 2nd Time
By Natalie Kitroeff and Steve Fisher
Section: World
Source: New York Times
Published Date: January 5, 2023 at 02:00AM
The officials, who were not authorized to speak publicly about the raid, said that security forces had arrested Ovidio Guzmán López, a son of Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the infamous crime lord known as El Chapo. Mr. Guzmán López was transferred to a military base in Mexico City, two of the officials said.
The capture of El Chapo’s son, himself a prominent cartel leader, allows the government to claim a victory in its halting efforts to combat violence during one of the deadliest periods in Mexico’s recent history.
It was unclear what real effect the capture of Ovidio, long known as the least-accomplished of Mr. Guzman’s sons, will have on cartel activities.
But it was an opportunity for the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to make amends for a similar, botched operation three years ago, when the Mexican authorities briefly detained Mr. Guzmán López but were then forced to set him free after cartel gunmen overpowered law enforcement.
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By Natalie Kitroeff and Steve Fisher
Section: World
Source: New York Times
Published Date: January 5, 2023 at 02:00AM
The arrest of Ovidio Guzmán López was a victory for the Mexican government. He had been briefly detained in 2019, but was released after cartel gunmen overpowered law enforcement.
MEXICO CITY — The Mexican authorities captured a son of the drug lord El Chapo in an early morning operation in Culiacán, a northwestern city that has long been the home base of the Sinaloa cartel, according to three Mexican government officials.The officials, who were not authorized to speak publicly about the raid, said that security forces had arrested Ovidio Guzmán López, a son of Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the infamous crime lord known as El Chapo. Mr. Guzmán López was transferred to a military base in Mexico City, two of the officials said.
The capture of El Chapo’s son, himself a prominent cartel leader, allows the government to claim a victory in its halting efforts to combat violence during one of the deadliest periods in Mexico’s recent history.
It was unclear what real effect the capture of Ovidio, long known as the least-accomplished of Mr. Guzman’s sons, will have on cartel activities.
But it was an opportunity for the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to make amends for a similar, botched operation three years ago, when the Mexican authorities briefly detained Mr. Guzmán López but were then forced to set him free after cartel gunmen overpowered law enforcement.
Read More at: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/05/world/americas/el-chapo-son-ovidio-guzman-mexico.html
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