Mexico says U.S. fentanyl crackdown led to botched arrest of El Chapo's son
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico’s security minister said on Friday that U.S. efforts to curb the opioid fentanyl were behind the brief arrest of a son of imprisoned kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo†Guzman last month in Sinaloa, home turf for the notorious Sinaloa Cartel.
After the United States requested his extradition, Ovidio Guzman was briefly arrested, then freed by outnumbered officials who feared a bloody confrontation with cartel henchmen.
Mexican Security Minister Alfonso Durazo said Guzman was wanted on allegations of smuggling fentanyl, the potent opioid responsible for an overdose epidemic in the United States.
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We should be loaded to the teeth on the border, we don't need to go in down there per finding a hostile population but we can have wall, or sections of wall, surveillance CCTV, personnel to watch the border. This smuggling just takes advantage of our populace.
