Posted on 10/18/2019 9:49:37 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Mexican authorities briefly detained the son of jailed drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán — and then released the younger Guzmán back to one of the world’s most powerful drug cartels after gunmen took to the streets. The events Thursday were a remarkable display of the state’s inability to take on organized crime. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador explained Friday that El Chapo’s son, Ovidio Guzmán, was released “to protect the lives of the people” after the cartel deployed across Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa state, and neighboring towns, taking over key highways.
Residents took videos of the chaos in the city, while Mexicans across the country watched online, a live-streamed glimpse into the cartel’s ability to overwhelm the state. The gunmen carried military-grade weapons and sent convoys of trucks into the city streets.
In a video statement, top officials from Mexico’s security agencies described how agents came under attack by armed men from a house while on patrol.
“The personnel fired back and took control of the house, in which they found four occupants. During that action, one of them was identified as Ovidio Guzmán López,” said Security Minister Alfonso Durazo. “This resulted in various groups of organized crime groups who surrounded the house with a greater firepower than that of the patrol. In addition, other groups carried out violent actions against residents in various parts of the city, creating panic.”
Within minutes, the scale of that misjudgment became clear. The cartel outmanned and outgunned Mexican security forces across Culiacan. For those watching the torrent of cellphone videos and following the government’s convoluted response, there was a clear takeaway: The Sinaloa cartel had won, and the Mexican government had lost.
Videos circulating on social media appeared to show heavily armed civilians firing machine guns mounted in pickup trucks.
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Uh....Have the war....if you can find anybody to oppose the cartel.
what’s wrong with this picture?
Do those guys have a concealed carry permit for those guns?
Any questions as to who runs and owns Mexico??
The Mexican government and the Narco-Cartels are one in the same. Anyone who believes differently is an idiot.
Coming soon to California.
Where is that hilarious post about buying real estate in Mexico? ;-)
Proof Mexico is a Narco State.
Send Beto down there to show the Mexican government how to confiscate all those weapons of war that are in the civilian’s (drug lords) hands. He’ll show em!
Seems to me the cartels are terrorists and should be dealt with as such.
Any questions as to who runs and owns Mexico??
A article I read from last year showed how the cartels control everything and how it is out in the open.
An American company was looking to set up a company in Mexico. After meeting with the local politicians, the politicians introduced a group and said you have to pay so much money so they will protect your Americans employees and property.
Was not hard to figure out it was one of the cartels.
Yes, they left Mexico and never went back.
War with those maggots is PRECISELY what’s needed.
How do you spell “Failed State”?
Capitulating to evil doers never works out for the good.
War was not avoided, merely delayed.
Wouldn’t surprise me at all to learn that “Beto” already works for a cartel.
The reason America does not see this level of blatant disregard for law is because if a pickup truck full of murderous scum were blatantly trying to lord it over a town while the police stood down they would get riddled with bullets. Except maybe in the barrios.
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