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Mystery of Mexico’s cartel wars grows as ‘The Mouse’ is rescued

The abortive bid to arrest the son of ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán last week made one thing clear: someone betrayed the government
Police take cover during gun battles with cartel forces in Culiacán last week. Photograph: Luis Gerardo Magana

Sinaloa cartel gunmen took over a Mexican city on Thursday, turning the streets into an apparent war zone. Their mission was to rescue the son of the notorious drugs lord, El Chapo, who had been captured by police. Officers were forced to release Ovidio Guzmán López after gang members threw up roadblocks with blazing trucks, and staged a prison break of 51 of their comrades.

The battle came only a week after Mexico’s interior secretary Olga Sánchez Cordero pledged that the country would “very soon” see results of the deployment

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