Son of world’s biggest drug smuggler ‘The Mouse’ arrested, drug lord burnt down Mexico city
Mexico’s Sinaloa state is burning ahead of US President Joe Biden’s visit, as the Mexican government has arrested Ovidio Guzman, the most wanted son of the world’s biggest drug trafficker El Chapo. After the arrest of the son of the infamous El Chapo, who runs a drug empire sitting in Mexico, riots have started in his state of Sinaloa and so far the news of injuries of many security personnel is coming to the fore. Like his father, Ovidio Guzman is also the most wanted in the whole world and it is believed that Mexico has arrested Ovidio Guzman to please Biden.
Uproar over the arrest of Ovidio Guzman
Ovidio Guzmán is one of El Chapo’s many sons, but he is also America’s most wanted, following in his father’s footsteps in drug trafficking. Since the arrest of Ovidio Guzmán, the state of Sinaloa in western Mexico has been burning and security forces are fighting with Ovidio Guzmán’s henchmen. Ovidio Guzmán’s henchmen have not only opened fire on security forces, but they have also fired on army aircraft. At the same time, in Mexico’s capital, Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval said that army and National Guard soldiers have captured a son of ‘El Chapo’. Sandoval identifies him only as Ovidio, in keeping with government policy.
Ovidio Guzmán is called “The Mouse”
Ovidio Guzmán, who was nicknamed ‘The Mouse’, had been wanted by the Mexican police for the past three years and the operation was eventually called off after the police failed to catch him. Three years ago, when the police was conducting a campaign to catch ‘The Mouse’, his henchmen started attacking the police, after which President Andrés Manuel López Obrador handed over the entire responsibility of the operation to the army. Was given But, now he has been arrested. According to reports, Ovidio Guzmán has been arrested in Culiacan while running a surveillance operation after being tracked continuously for 6 months. It is believed that Ovidio Guzmán was in charge of his father’s gang after his father was arrested.
Arrested to please Biden
Ovidio Guzman has been arrested when US President Joe Biden is about to visit Mexico. A bilateral meeting will take place between the Presidents of the US and Mexico during the visit. At the same time, the North American Leaders Summit is also going to be held in Mexico just after Biden’s visit, in which Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will also visit Mexico to attend. It is believed that during the meeting with both the leaders, Mexico will have to talk about drug trafficking, so the Mexican government wants to arrest Ovidio Guzmán to show how serious it is about drugs.
Big blow to El Chapo gang
Regarding the arrest of Ovidio Guzmán, Mike Vigil, former head of the DEA’s international operations, said, ‘This is a huge blow to the Sinaloa Cartel, while it is a huge achievement for the law and administration’. Although Mike Vigil believes that even after the arrest of El Chapo’s son, the supply of drugs from Mexico to America will continue in the same way as before, but he has expressed hope that Mexico will extradite Ovidio Guzmán to America. will do it. Vigil said that Ovidio Guzmán was involved in all of the cartel’s activities, particularly focusing on the production of fentanyl.
America’s Most Wanted
In 2018, the US filed charges against one Ovidio Guzmán for smuggling cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana into the United States. The CDC said last July that by January 2022, 170,000 Americans were expected to die in the past year from prescription drugs, with most of those deaths involving opioid drugs, including illegal fentanyl. . So, Ovidio Guzmán became a huge headache for America. At the same time, according to a BBC report, after the arrest of Ovidio Guzman, his henchmen blocked several roads and attacked the airport as well.
More than 100 flights have so far been canceled from three airports in Sinaloa, according to the BBC, and a video shared on social media showed Ovidio Guzmán’s henchmen with weapons at Culiacan International Airport. So far 18 injured are reported to have been admitted to the hospital. The Sinaloa Cartel is the largest drug-trafficking gang in the world. Ovidio Guzmán’s father, Joaquin El Chapo, is serving a life sentence in the US. He was convicted in the year 2019. Small children are also included in this gang, in whose hands guns are seen and at this time these children are creating a ruckus in Mexico.