Drug lord El Chapo’s sons likely behind violent ambush on Mexican military convoy that killed 5 soldiers
Some 60 gunmen, who also fired several rounds from assault rifles, freed a wounded suspect who was being escorted by the soldiers in an ambulance during the pre-dawn ambush in Culiacan
The sons of imprisoned drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman were probably behind a grenade attack on a military convoy in northern Mexico on Friday, killing five soldiers, authorities said.
Some 60 gunmen, who also fired several rounds from assault rifles, freed a wounded suspect who was being escorted by the soldiers in an ambulance during the pre-dawn ambush in Culiacan, capital of the state of Sinaloa, state and military officials said.
Guzman’s sons were “very probably” responsible for the attack, which freed a suspect identified as Julio Oscar Ortiz Vega, alias “El Kevin”, General Alfonso Duarte, a regional commander, told reporters.
The gunmen stole the ambulance while a military Humvee caught fire in the assault, which left 10 people injured, including a Red Cross worker. Four of the injured were in surgery.
The soldiers were returning with the wounded suspect after another shoot-out in the mountain community of Bacacoragua, part of the municipality of Badiraguato, the region where Guzman and other notorious drug lords were born.