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For: The opinion Updated Jan 07, 2023, 12:17 pm EST
As the days go by, more details about the arrest of Ovid Guzman in Culiacán, Sinaloa, and one of them is the powerful security team that Chapo’s son had.
Although the number of casualties was not initially reported, it is now known that during the operation for his capture, 19 criminals and 10 military elements died.
And it is that the young drug trafficker also known as “The mouse” He had a large escort of hitmen, who guarded him with at least 26 armored trucks when they were located in the community of Jesús María.
In a press conference, the Secretary of National Defense, Luis Cresencio Sandoval, pointed out that at the place where Ovidio was arrested, 13 vehicles were seized that were operational and 40 more vans were disabled, of which 26 were armored.
One of the units, according to the newspaper Milenio, it was modified in the roof to place a circular tank type hatchfrom where criminals could more easily shoot their enemies.
▶️ This is the house where Ovidio Guzmán would be sheltered in Jesús María, in Culiacán prior to the operation
There are bullet marks, blood from the wounded and dead in cars and now the military guards the home
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Another truck had a steel structure in the back of the box, where the hitmen could fire heavy weapons, and in the same way have armor protection.
However, the power of force used by elements of the Army, supported by a helicopter gunship, managed to penetrate the “artisan armor” in at least three vehicles showing severe damage to the height of doors and chest.
In addition, the door of the safe house where the criminal leader was located was left with almost a hundred holes due to the exchange of fire, as well as hundreds of casings and traces of blood in the courtyard of the home.
According to the reports of the authorities, in the place “21 members of this criminal group were arrested, securing four 50-caliber Barrett riflessix 50-caliber machine guns, 26 long weapons, two short weapons, chargers, cartridges and various tactical equipment.
Said arsenal reveals the firepower that Ovidio’s escorts had, who tried to avoid the capture of their boss at all costs, but this time everything was different from what was called “Culiacanazo” registered in October 2019, when “El Ratón” regained his freedom.
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