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Montevideo, April 19th 2024 - 02:03 UTC

Tag: El Chapo Guzmán

  • Friday, January 6th 2023 - 19:24 UTC

    Arrest of Chapo's son leaves at least 29 dead

    El Ratón has been transferred to the Almoloya prison, where his father was once held and from where he managed to escape in 2015

    Following preliminary reports that mentioned only one fatality, at least 29 people have been confirmed Friday to have died during the raid to arrest 32-year-old druglord Ovidio Guzmán, allegedly linked to the Sinaloa cartel his father Joaquín (also known as “El Chapo”) used to run before being captured and extradited to the United States.

  • Saturday, October 19th 2019 - 09:02 UTC

    Who runs the country? Drug cartels outshoot Mexican military who back down on presidential orders

    Ovidio Guzmán López, sometimes known as “El Chapito,” is being sought for extradition to the U.S. to face drug trafficking charges

    Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador struggled on Friday to explain his government's capitulation to organized crime after Mexican authorities buckled in the face of an armed campaign of terror and released drug kingpin Ovidio Guzmán López just hours after capturing him.