Deadly riots grip Mexican state after arrest of El Chapo's son
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YEREVAN, JANUARY 6, ARMENPRESS. Three security force members have died in clashes in the state of Sinaloa after the arrest of a son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin "El Chapo", the BBC reports.
Ovidio Guzmán-López - himself alleged to be a leader of his father's former cartel - was captured in Culiacán and transferred to Mexico City.
Furious gang members set up road blocks, set fire to vehicles and attacked a local airport.
Two planes were hit by gunfire - one while preparing to take off.
Mr Guzmán-López - nicknamed "The Mouse" - is accused of leading a faction of his father's notorious Sinaloa cartel, the BBC quoted Mexican Defence Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval as saying. It is one of the largest drug-trafficking organisations in the world.
His father, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, isserving a life sentence in the USafter being found guilty in 2019 of drug trafficking and money laundering.