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Mexiko. Freeing El Chapo’s son prevented cartel slaughter that would have left 200 people dead, Mexican president says
Mexiko. Freeing El Chapo’s son prevented cartel slaughter that would have left 200 people dead, Mexican president says
Ovidio Guzman Lopez’s arrest last October prompted cartels to lay siege to the streets of Culiacan, leaving military and police outgunned
Lopez was released, in an embarrassing climbdown for authorities described by one journalist as ‘the capitulation of the state’. (South China Morning Post, HongKong, 20.06.2020)
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3089914/freeing-el-chapos-son-prevented-cartel-slaughter-would-have