Criminal violence in Mexicoย has swept back into the headlines, staining the streets of the country with blood. The country’s new administration, led by Presidentย Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, is facing its first major security crisis. This time, however, the country is not threatened by another turf war between cartels, but instead an open confrontation between a cartel and the federal government.
On the afternoon of October 17, the Mexican army detained Ovidio Guzman, son of the infamous drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, in the city of Culiacan. His detention led toย violent retaliationย from the Sinaloa cartel, which