Mexico’s bid to detain El Chapo son ‘a failure of everything’
“…It was a huge embarrassment for the government. They had captured one of the most wanted men in Mexico and, outgunned and overwhelmed by the cartel, they simply turned him back over to his men.
By the following morning, both state and federal government were on damage control.
“This was a failed operation,” Mr Durazo admitted, “a rushed operation.” The police had acted without orders from above and the decision to release Guzmán was only taken to prevent further violence to the civilian population, he argued.
“We are not going to convert Mexico into a greater cemetery than it already is.”…”
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