29 Killed as Mexican Authorities Detail Raid to Arrest Son of ‘El Chapo’

A Mexican National Guard stands guard outside the Almoloya prison where Ovidio Guzmán, the son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán, is being held in Villa de Almoloya de Juarez, Mexico, on Jan. 6, 2023. Ginnette Riquelme/AP Photo

Authorities in Mexico announced on Friday that 10 military personnel and 19 suspected gang members were killed in a wave of violence surrounding the arrest of an alleged cartel leader who is the son of convicted cartel drug kingpin Joaquín Archivaldo “El Chapo“ Guzmán Loera.

In a blow-by-blow description of the operation to detain Ovidio Guzmán López on Thursday, Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval said that cartel gunmen opened fire on troops with a half-dozen .50-caliber machine guns.