Intense Battle Between ‘El Chapo’ Soldiers and Mexican Security Forces

Heavily armed gunmen in four-by-four trucks fought an intense battle with Mexican security forces Thursday in the city of Culiacan, capital of jailed kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's home state of Sinaloa. https://twitter.com/BenjaminEnfield/status/1185219889700757504 Sustained, heavy gunfire rocked the western city of 750,000 people in a battle that left blazing vehicles strewn across the street and sent terrified residents running for shelter, said AFP journalists at the scene. Images carried on Mexican television showed army and police forces under assault by gunmen armed with heavy machine guns. Mexican TV network Milenio said the shootout was triggered by the arrest o...

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