Mexican soldiers and police killed the security chief for the family of jailed drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman on Tuesday, officials said. The defense ministry said a shootout erupted when security forces raided a building in Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa state, where Guzman’s Sinaloa cartel is based. “They were attacked by a group of individuals who tried to escape,” the ministry said in a joint statement with federal prosecutors. ADVERTISEMENTTwo people were killed in the gunfight and three arrested, including two who were wounded, the statement said. Murillo Acosta is accused of coordinating a September 2016 attack on army troops that killed five soldiers and wounded 12, said the source.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 28, 2018 01:18 UTC