Mexico captures Ovidio Guzmán, son of El Chapo and alleged fentanyl trafficker
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The Mexican army Thursday captured Ovidio Guzmán, an alleged major fentanyl trafficker and son of notorious kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, just days before President Biden is scheduled to make his first visit to Mexico, according to local media.
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The arrest was confirmed by two Mexican security officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity in advance of an official announcement.
The arrest in Culiacan came three years after a humiliating episode in which the Mexican army detained the younger Guzmán but then released him as Sinaloa cartel gunmen seized control of much of the city. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who took office in 2018 pledging to replace the “war on drugs” with a security policy more focused on social programs, was widely criticized for giving up the alleged trafficker.
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