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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“Proof Mexico is a Narco State.”
I’ve been watching the “Narcos” series on Netflix. This sounds exactly like an episode.
How does a Mexican “civilian” get a Browning .50 caliber machine gun? Must have come from the Mexican army.
How many billions of us taxpayer dollars goes down that black hole supporting Mexico?
Mexico should have dealt with the cartel decades ago. Now it is almost too late as the cartel is too entrenched. Those Mexican officials that are not working for the cartel are scared and don’t want their families slaughtered.
If El Chapo Jr. has his daddy’s ATM card then I guess we wasted a lot of time and expense convicting dear old dad.
This is where our troops need to be; along our southern border and assisting the Mexican govt in taking down the cartels. We need our military here in strength to do something worth doing for our country and our northern and southern American neighbors. Please Pres. Trump, pull all our troops out of the middle east, do not tell our soldiers to fight endless pointless wars, bring them home, let them save our American continents from these lawless gangs who are destroying our economies and our peoples.
If congress is so desperate for war, give them one that is worth fighting, one that benefits US!!!!
The war is over. The Mexican government surrendered.
It seems that everywhere the powers behind the curtains are being exposed - the intelligence agencies/FBI/DOJ in the US, the cartels in Mexico (not to mention the banks and bankers worldwide).
Voting is a fraud, an illusion, a veneer over the system, to provide a plausible face of democracy, but in reality masks the underlying reality of who really wields the power.
The money and power are the major drivers in the world.
My only solution to the crime and corruption in Mexico is to legalize drugs. This would gut the economics of the cartels.
Okie dokie! Mexico is officially a failed state.
A Fast and Furious asset? Maybe we should ask Obozo.
Exactly why we need a militarized, fortified southern border NOW.
How brave of them...
“The Sinaloa cartel had won, and the Mexican government had lost.”
Obrador should just ask the Donald to send a dozen DRONES to visit the various cartels mansions some Saturday nite....
Mexico is to legalize drugs. Failed. The states that legalized MJ found that cartel MJ is cheaper and so it remains a staple on the drug scene.
Wonder how much the payoff actually was.
The political money train was threatened. Betting those police officer who were in that operation will be “Seal Team Sixed” within half a year.
“How does a Mexican “civilian” get a Browning .50 caliber machine gun? Must have come from the Mexican army.”
No, Silly, they just buy Full Auto M2HBs at any US gun show?
That is what I keep hearing on the news, right?
I wonder how much Cartel money goes to Pelosi and Schumer to keep the borders open?
I believe that qualifies as open carry.
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