• Mexico.The narco after 'El Chapo' Guzmán
  • Drug trafficking: 'Chapo' Guzmán and his escape from the Mexican Alcatraz

The whereabouts of Ovidio Guzmán, son of Chapo Guzmán , are safely unknown after he has been captured by security forces and subsequently released after hours of informational chaos and a city, Culiacán , converted into a war zone.

The arrest of Ovid, caused the Sinaloa cartel cells to unleash a wave of violence in Culiacán of such virulence that caused rumors that the authorities would have released him to avoid reprisals against the population.

The ambiguity used by the head of the Secretariat of Public Safety and Protection of Mexico or, Alfonso Durazo, when announcing the capture, led to various means to assume that the son of Chapo has already been released.

Durazo confirmed that a patrol of 30 members of the National Guard and the Ministry of National Defense (Sedena) held Ovid in a house in a subdivision of Culiacán, in the Mexican state of Sinaloa.

Then, Durazo said, "several crime groups surrounded the house with a force greater than that of the patrol" while other groups caused violent actions against the citizens, which generated "a panic situation" in Culiacán.

The head of the National Security stated that "in order to safeguard the superior good of the integrity and tranquility of the Culiacan society, the officials of the Security Cabinet agreed to suspend such actions."

Durazo confirmed that the Government Security Cabinet of Andrés Manuel López Obrador , formed by Sedena, the Navy, the National Guard and the entity under his command, will move to Culiacán to closely monitor the situation.

The newspaper El Universal said that the son of El Chapo was "released to pacify" Culiacán , who lived a day of violence that included the escape of 20 or 30 prisoners from the Aguarato prison , who left with the drug traffickers.

The Conference said that "when they were outnumbered, the decision was made to free Ovid Guzman to try to avoid more violence in the area and preserve the life of the staff and restore calm in the city."

The son of the boss Chapo Guzmán was released "to avoid reprisals by armed groups against citizens," said the state agency Notimex.

The capture of Ovid, 28 , and accused in the United States of trafficking in cocaine , methamphetamine and marijuana , put in check not only the military patrol, but the city that supported blockades of streets that included access to it. city.

For a good part of the afternoon, the people of Culiacán remained sheltered in their workplaces and in their homes and the commercial activity was paralyzed for hours.

The shootings were heard at various points and from a distance you could see the smoke of passenger buses that were burned to block traffic.

Meanwhile, chaos was dispersed throughout the city, with so-called narcoblocks , the burning of cars and street furniture by drug trafficking to block the roads.

"They no longer respect anyone, and we are all at risk, just as we are. We are not sure of anything. Yes, it was my turn (the shooting). I have never been in a war but they could be heard as if I were in one, he told Efe Jesus Elijah Avitia.

This same inhabitant of Culiacán lamented the "material damage" and was fearful of what could happen in the city.

The situation in Culiacán has not yet normalized and the education authorities of Sinaloa have announced that on Friday classes will be suspended at all levels of this city in order to "safeguard the physical integrity of the educational community."

At the moment, it is unknown if there are fatalities , although there is talk that civilians would have lost their lives in this crossfire.

Ovid is one of the sons of the boss Joaquín "el Chapo" Guzmán, less known compared to the luxury that his brother Iván Archivaldo exhibits on social networks, although the authorities had an eye on him for a decade.

El Chapo Guzmán had ten children with his three wives , the most recognized is Iván Archivaldo for the luxuries and extravagances he presumed in the networks, where he showed his luxury cars, jewels and exotic animals.

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