The operation to arrest Ovidio Guzmán, son of imprisoned drug trafficker Joaquín “Chapo” Guzmán, on Thursday left 10 soldiers and 19 suspected criminals dead, the Mexican government reported this Friday.
“Ten soldiers (…) unfortunately lost their lives in the line of duty”, Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval told the press, indicating that he also “They counted 19 deaths by transgressors of the law”.
A colonel who commanded an infantry battalion is among those killed, after his patrol was attacked during operations after the capture of Guzmán in the city of Culiacán (northwest), Sandoval explained.
Another 35 soldiers suffered gunshot wounds and are receiving hospital care, while 21 gunmen were arrested.
“There is no information of any innocent civilian who has lost their lives”, highlighted the general during the daily conference of the Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
In the midst of the offensive by the members of the Sinaloa Cartel to rescue their boss, a passenger plane was also hit – moments before taking off – and two aircraft of the Mexican Air Force.
The official shipsthey had to make an emergency landing, despite the fact that they had received a significant number of impacts“said the Secretary of Defense. None of those incidents left anyone injured.
Source: Gestion
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