Drug kingpin El Chapo's son captured: Mexico government

Drug kingpin El Chapo's son captured: Mexico government

Ovidio Guzman Lopez, 28, was arrested on Thursday afternoon at a house along with three other people by a 30-member patrol of the National Guard and the Ministry of National Defense

IANSUpdated: Friday, October 18, 2019, 11:06 AM IST
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Mexican Drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is escorted into a helicopter at Mexico City's airport following his recapture during an intense military operation in Los Mochis, in Sinaloa State. - Mexican security forces on arrested one son of jailed drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in an operation that triggered fighting in the western city of Culiacan, Security Minister Alfonso Durazo said. (Photo by ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP) |

Mexico City: The Mexican government has confirmed the capture of the son of notorious cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera in the Mexicancity of Culiacan.

Ovidio Guzman Lopez, 28, was arrested on Thursday afternoon at a house along with three other people by a 30-member patrol of the National Guard and the Ministry of National Defense, Alfonso Durazo, head of Mexico's Secretariat of Security and Civilian Protection, said.

Durazo, in charge of the security cabinet of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's government, said that Guzman was captured at 3.30 p.m. after the officers were assaulted from a house while conducting a routine patrol, reports Efe news.

He said that security forces repelled the attack and took control of this house, where one of them was identified as El Chapo's son, Durazo added.

Guzman Jr faces charges in the US for allegedly trafficking in cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana.

El Chapo is currently serving a life sentence at a federal maximum-security prison in Florence, Colorado, considered one of the securest penitentiaries in the US and the world.

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