Tuesday, November 5

The four oversights of Ovidio Guzmán that led to his capture

The opinion

For: The opinion Posted Jan 19, 2023, 12:31 pm EST

This Thursday marked two weeks since the capture of Ovid Guzman in the community of Jesús María, located in Culiacán, Sinaloa. Since then, various details related to the arrest of the son of the chapo guzman.

And although it was all due to intelligence work carried out for months, as well as an amazing operation by the Mexican Armed Forces on January 5, also there were some oversights of the criminal leader that contributed to his downfall.

This was detailed by the journalist Ismael Bojórquez in the weekly Ríodoce, where he listed at least four mistakes made by “El Ratón” and his people, and which could have prevented his arrest.

December dates

According to the Sinaloan communicator, one of the biggest oversights of the son of El Chapo was having relaxed during the Christmas and New Year festivities, considering that precisely on those dates there have been strong blows to drug trafficking.

just remember the death of Arturo Beltrán Leyva in the city of Cuernavaca, Moreloswho was previously detected at a Christmas party attended by several members of the cartel he led.

Although the criminal known as “El Barbas” managed to escape when the military broke into the event, since then they followed his steps until they located him in the apartment he lived in that entity.

Jesus Maria

Ovidio Guzmán’s second mistake, according to Bojórquez, was to have stayed in the community of Jesús María, since its geographical location facilitated the entry of the Armed Forces.

This is because the town has only one entrance and exit access, so “El Raton” did not have any alternate escape routeunlike other mountain towns such as La Tuna, which El Chapo frequented.

This is perhaps the greatest advantage that other bosses like The Mayo Zambadawho has never been arrested because he moves in the area known as the Golden Triangle, that is, the mountainous region of difficult access that extends through the states of Sinaloa, Chihuahua and Durango.

USA

The third oversight of one of Los Chapitos was not taking into account the visit of the president of the United States, Joe Biden to Mexicowhich would have been reason enough to hide as much as possible.

And it is that, according to Ismael Bojórquez, whenever a senior United States official related to security comes to Mexico, the mexican government delivers a head.

Now, with Biden’s presence on Mexican soil, Ovidio was one of the main targets after delivering to justice in October 2019 during the so-called “Culiacanazo.”

Impunity

One of Ovidio’s greatest “sins” was feeling untouchable in Sinaloa, because although he had the support of hundreds of hitmen and even the population, the Mexican Army followed in his footsteps for months.

Such was the confidence of the delinquent, that even was exposed to the open sky in a town near a military barrackswithout imagining that his army of gunmen could do nothing the day he finally fell.

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