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VIDEO MIX: Gun battles engulf Culiacán streets forcing Mexico's National Guard to stand down
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Posted on 10/18/2019 8:13:33 AM PDT by MassMinuteman

In what appears to have been a routine patrol, 30 members of Mexico's National Guard were caught off guard and ambushed from an unsuspecting local house. After repelling the initial attack, authorities soon discovered Ovidio Guzmán López, son of "El Chapo" and suspected co-leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, hiding inside the home. Chaos quickly ensued as gunmen blocked streets with burning vehicles. The scenes that unfolded were reminiscent of a war zone.


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You won't see too much of this in the news today because those suburban folk might start to think a border wall sounds kinda ok.
1 posted on 10/18/2019 8:13:33 AM PDT by MassMinuteman
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“This is Guzman’s place? Oops, sorry, our mistake.”


2 posted on 10/18/2019 8:14:57 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/major-gun-battle-in-mexico-pits-security-forces-against-el-chapos-son/2019/10/17/c28d174a-f149-11e9-89eb-ec56cd414732_story.html

MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities briefly detained the son of jailed drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán — and then released the younger Guzmán back to one of the world’s most powerful drug cartels after gunmen took to the streets.

The events Thursday were a remarkable display of the state’s inability to take on organized crime. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador explained Friday that El Chapo’s son, Ovidio Guzmán, was released “to protect the lives of the people” after the cartel deployed across Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa state, and neighboring towns, taking over key highways.

Just imagine if the US arrested some notoious criminal (let's say Hillary, for example) and had to release her when her armed supporters took to the streets.
3 posted on 10/18/2019 8:21:06 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Who's the leader of the club that feeds on dead babies? M-O-L... O-C-H... M-O-U-S-E.)
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Mexico is now a failed state. Precedent has been set, and the government has lost.


4 posted on 10/18/2019 8:30:43 AM PDT by Bitman
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To: KarlInOhio

Doesn’t sounds as farfetched as it used to


5 posted on 10/18/2019 8:35:00 AM PDT by MassMinuteman
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The cartel has more weapons than the Mexican military.

That Ma Deuce was not easy to get along with the rocket launcher

6 posted on 10/18/2019 8:40:59 AM PDT by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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To: MassMinuteman

This is what artillery is for.


7 posted on 10/18/2019 8:42:27 AM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptors)
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To: KarlInOhio

Border wall now.


8 posted on 10/18/2019 8:43:15 AM PDT by ptsal
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To: MassMinuteman

That’s odd. I mean one would suspect it would at least draw some attention. How often does a house, an unsuspected one at that, attack some Mexican National Guard hombres?


9 posted on 10/18/2019 8:48:57 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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Maybe Irish Bob O’Rourke can take their guns away, for a warm-up.


10 posted on 10/18/2019 8:51:23 AM PDT by castlebrew (Gun Control means hitting where you're aiming!))
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To: MassMinuteman

Before it’s all said and done the US will have boots on the ground in Mexico. Might be years away but it’s gonna happen, IMO.


11 posted on 10/18/2019 8:53:14 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: MassMinuteman
Diversity:

Coming to a barrio near you........

12 posted on 10/18/2019 8:55:20 AM PDT by Repeat Offender (While the wicked stand confounded, call me with Thy saints surrounded.)
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This is what artillery is for.

I'm sure a 120mm mortar attack would pacify these narcos right quick.
13 posted on 10/18/2019 8:57:11 AM PDT by farming pharmer
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To: KarlInOhio

Not only did they release Ivan Guzman.

During the assault, 27 high ranking members of the Sinaloa Cartel escaped, or maybe released, from prison.

They can be seen walking out the front door and getting into private vehicles.

http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2019/10/culiacan-mayhem-son-of-el-azul-is-one.html


14 posted on 10/18/2019 9:18:37 AM PDT by PanzerKardinal (Some things are so idiotic only an intellectual would believe it.)
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This is what artillery is for.

I’m sure a 120mm mortar attack would pacify these narcos right quick.


yeah... everyone talking about artillery and mortars needs to read up on SUCCESSFUL counter insurgency and urban combat tactics. want to create a bunch of additional cartel gunmen... start mortaring and shelling neighborhoods. the populace isn’t hostile and no counter insurgency of killing a bunch of civilians has ever worked.

Mexico would be much better off targeting (meaning, using deadly force) Cartel leadership AND their families... just like Israel has successfully done in the past.


15 posted on 10/18/2019 9:19:02 AM PDT by Levy78
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“I can’t feel my legs, Kaiser.”

“The Usual Suspects”


16 posted on 10/18/2019 9:22:35 AM PDT by combat_boots (TGod bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! Merry Christmas! In God We Trust! Hi)
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To: Levy78
Mexico would be much better off targeting (meaning, using deadly force) Cartel leadership AND their families... just like Israel has successfully done in the past.

Agreed, but it would take a less corrupt people & government to pull this off.
17 posted on 10/18/2019 9:32:09 AM PDT by farming pharmer
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To: akalinin

Mexico would be much better off targeting (meaning, using deadly force) Cartel leadership AND their families... just like Israel has successfully done in the past.

Agreed, but it would take a less corrupt people & government to pull this off.


agree that the corruption makes such an op difficult at best. dope money is far too big a part of mexico’s economy and too many powerful hands in the cookie jar.

that said, it’s amazing how fast bad actors shape up when you start whacking the whole famdamily.


18 posted on 10/18/2019 9:35:29 AM PDT by Levy78
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Does Mexico have an Air Force? They need to carpet bomb these animals.


19 posted on 10/18/2019 10:07:24 AM PDT by Husker24
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To: Repeat Offender

Maybe by then, it won’t be a barrio...it’ll be a favela.


20 posted on 10/18/2019 10:57:10 AM PDT by moovova (You can't buy it back if you didn't sell it to me.)
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