At least 29 people were killed and 35 soldiers were injured in the Mexican Culiacan. It all happened on a wave of local protests when the 32-year-old son of former Mexican drug cartel chief Sinaloa Joaquin "

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According to local newspaper Noroeste, Culiacan's dramatic day began at around 4:40 am on Thursday.. Thirty-five miles north of the capital, near a rural fishing community called Jesus Maria, security forces spotted a convoy of about 25 cartel vehicles believed to be the police target, Ovidio Guzman..

Seven soldiers were killed during a firefight between the Mexican military involved in the operation and gangsters with 50-caliber machine guns, who were desperate to avoid the arrest of Guzman, a likely cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamine trafficker, for whose arrest the US offered a reward.

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We will remind, based on the life of the detainee’s father, the series “Narcos” from Netflix was previously filmed.

Black Hawk attack helicopter hit one target with a six-barreled machine gun at a speed of 3000 rounds per minute. These were previously used by US troops in Vietnam..

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Guzman was eventually arrested, but worse was yet to come as cartel gunmen carried out massive acts of looting and rampage across the state of Sinaloa, setting fire to vehicles, blocking roads and attempting to seize control of the Culiacan airport to prevent the authorities from taking their leader..

First video of Ovidio Guzman Lopez after being captured. pic. twitter. com/yzfwi5cGP0.

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Security forces and cartel fighters fought for control of the airfield, which became the latest front line of a Latin American drug conflict that claims tens of thousands of lives every year..

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“There was a panic… people dropped their bags and phones, they dropped everything to hide,” the 32-year-old recalled of the clashes just after 8 a.m. on Thursday.

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Twenty-four hours later, Arandas remained blocked at the airport as Mexican troops fought to regain full control of the state capital of Sinaloa after the arrest of one of the country's most wanted men, Ovidio Guzman, sparking a day of bloodshed and chaos..