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Deadly riots grip Mexican state after arrest of El Chapo's son

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Deadly riots grip Mexican state after arrest of El Chapo's son

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.

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