MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – 19 outlaws died amid the arrest of drug cartel leader Ovidio Guzman, Mexico’s Defense Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval said Friday in a regular news conference.
Mexico security forces on Thursday captured Guzman, a son of jailed kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, triggering a wave of violence in the state of Sinaloa.
(Reporting by Valentine Hilaire, Editing by Isabel Woodford)