Great chaos generated the arrest of Ovidio Guzmán, the famous son of “Chapo”, who was wanted for years by Mexico and the United States. This caused an Aeroméxico plane to receive a bullet impact in its fuselage.
The arrest of Ovidio Guzmán López, the famous son of “Chapo”generated great chaos in Sinaloa and left an Aeroméxico airliner attacked with gunfire.
In a video broadcast on social networks, you can see how the passengers of the flight that went from Culiacán to Mexico City this morning had to crouch down after the shooting.
Years ago, Ovidio Guzmán was wanted by the United States and Mexico for being a cause of chaos.
Aeroméxico plane attacked by gunfire in Sinaloa
Faced with this situation, Aeroméxico reported that “This morning a bullet impact was detected in the fuselage of an Embraer 190 team that was ready to operate flight AM165 on the Culiacán-Mexico City route.which was canceled for security reasons”.
To this they added that “the plane began its takeoff run. After this incident, the company’s protocols were activated and the corresponding authorities were notified, with whom we will coordinate the investigations. Clients and collaborators are safe”.
Finally, from the airline they reiterated that “the safety of customers and collaborators is and will continue to be their highest priority.”
Arrest of the son of “El Chapo”
Ovidio, alias “El Ratón”, was one of the lesser-known heirs of the Sinaloa Cartel until the “culiacanazo” of October 17, 2019, a failed operation by the Government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador in which the authorities captured him, but later they released him for acts of terror by organized crime in Culiacán.
In the midst of his growing profile, Washington offered five million dollars in December 2021 for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Ovidio, in addition to his brothers Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar, Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar and Joaquín Guzmán López, known as “los Chapitos”.
Before the “culiacanazo”, of the ten children that Chapo had with his three wives, the most recognized was Iván Archivaldo for the extravagances that he boasted on the networks, where he showed his luxury cars, jewelry and exotic animals.
But Ovidio’s importance in the organization was evidenced by his capture then and now, which on both occasions unleashed a wave of violence in the city of Culiacán, capital of the northern state of Sinaloa, which put the authorities in check.
One of the most wanted
Ovidio, 32-year-old son of Griselda López, Chapo’s second wife, it was one of the priority objectives of the United States Department of Justice.
According to the notice that the agency published in December 2021, Ovidio and his brother Joaquín were in high levels of leadership in the Sinaloa Cartel, where they began their criminal careers as heirs to the power of their brother Edgar Guzmán López.
The “Mouse” inherited a “large part” of the narcotics operations and began to invest a “large amount” of money to purchase marijuana in Mexico, cocaine from Colombia and ephedrine from Argentina, substances that were brought to Mexican territory , where they also experimented with methamphetamine production, according to the United States.
Ovidio and Joaquín were charged in April 2018 by a Grand Jury of the District of Columbia in the United States for distributing cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana.
The brothers oversaw 11 methamphetamine labs in Sinaloa, where they produced an estimated 5,000 pounds or 2,267 kilograms of methamphetamine a monthwhich is sold primarily to other members of the Sinaloa Cartel and drug dealers in the United States and Canada, according to the Justice Department.
Heir to the Chapo operation
The now detained son of “Chapo” knew how to keep a low profile, but since 2012 the US government included him on the list of international drug traffickers “Kingpin Act”, for considering that he played “a significant role in his father’s activities.”
With his inclusion on this Treasury Department list, he was prohibited from doing business with US citizens and his financial assets in that country were frozen.
Ovidio, born in the municipality of Badiraguato, in Sinaloa, is now called one of the main heirs of the Chapo operation, one of the most famous drug traffickers in Mexico and the world. who faces a life sentence since February 2019 in the United States.
cause of chaos
Ovidio has caused chaos in Sinaloa and has caused some of the most controversial moments of the Government of López Obrador.
The current president faced questions about his personal decision to release Ovidio during the “culiacanazo,” an order he justified to preserve peace in Sinaloa at the time.
The new operation to capture him was surprising because it occurred suddenly a few days after the visit of the US president, Joe Biden, for the North American Leaders Summit.
In addition, it contrasts with the security strategy of López Obrador, who has always criticized the so-called “war against drug trafficking” launched by his predecessors and the intervention of United States security agencies.