The capture of the drug dealer Ovid Guzmanson of drug lord Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán, left 19 dead among members of organized crime who attacked law enforcement during the operation, Defense Secretary Luis Sandoval said on Friday.
Guzmán, 32, who is accused of leading the trafficking of synthetic drugs methamphetamine and fentanyl to the United States, was captured Thursday in a town near Culiacán, capital of the northern state of Sinaloa, the birthplace of most of the great barons. of the Mexican drug
In addition to the dead assailants, 35 were arrested, Sandoval reported at a press conference. In the ranks of the security forces, at least a dozen troops died, including a colonel. A total of 35 military personnel were also injured by firearms, he added.
