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Mexico admits freeing Chapo's son after badly planned operation
 [Dhaka Tribune] Mexico's president faced a firestorm of criticism Friday as his security forces acknowledged they arrested kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's son, then released him when his cartel responded with an all-out shootout.What a Clusterf*ck. Illusory sovereignty, indeed Admitting his troops carried out a "badly planned" operation, Defense Minister Luis Sandoval said they briefly arrested Ovidio Guzman ‐ one of several sons running the Sinaloa narco mob since their father was extradited to the US in 2017 ‐ but released him after being overpowered. "It was a badly planned strategy," Sandoval told a news conference in Culiacan, the western city of 750,000 people that was turned into an urban war zone Thursday. "The task force acted too hastily. [The operation] wasn't improvised, there was planning, but... it takes time to obtain an arrest warrant. When the operation was already under way, they decided to improvise and try to obtain a positive result," he said, after flying into the city ‐ the state capital of Sinaloa, the Guzmans' bastion ‐ for an emergency security cabinet meeting. He added the authorities never "formally detained" Guzman, 28, one of at least nine children "El Chapo" fathered with three wives. The six hours of festivities left one civilian and seven soldiers dead, and three police maimed, officials said.
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