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Army arrests head of ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán’s son’s bodyguard in northwest Mexico

The head of security for the criminal group made up of four children of the drug trafficker Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmánknown as Los Chapitoswas arrested by agents of the Secretary of National Defense (Sedena) in the city of Culiacancapital of the state of Sinaloareported this Wednesday the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC).

The detainee, Nestor Isidro Garcia any Néstor Isidro Pérez Salasindeed ‘Nini‘ or the ‘The 19‘ and for which Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA, in English) offered a reward of 3 million dollars, he was captured in an operation that took place this afternoon in the northwest of Mexicoaccording to data from National Prison Registry from SSPC.

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García is credited with the controversial ‘culiacanazo‘, operation in which federal forces arrested on October 17, 2019 Ovid Guzmanbut released him hours later due to violent acts by the Sinaloa Cartel.

According to local media, the head of security for Guzmán’s children was arrested north of the city of Culiacan and after his capture he was immediately transferred to the international airport in this city, to board a Mexican Army plane that took him to Mexico City.

Faced with a possible criminal reaction to the capture of the shooter, police officers National guardthe Mexican Army and State Police monitor Culiacán’s main streets.

Furthermore, helicopters Mexican Air Force It’s from Secretary of the Navy They carry out patrols in the skies over the north of Culiacán.

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In mid-September, Ovidio Guzmán, also detained in Culiacán in early 2023, arrived in the United States after being extradited from Mexico, after being among the drug traffickers most wanted by the washingtonfor his participation in fentanyl trafficking and for which he faces a series of federal charges in several courts in that country.

The guy is the head of security for the Sinaloa Cartel faction he currently commands. Ivan Arquivaldo It is Jesus Alfredo Guzmán Salazarchildren Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán Loerawho also serves time U.S.

Source: Elcomercio

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