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The liberation of the son of El Chapo ‘saved lives’,

according to some in Culiacán

The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, said on Friday, October 8, 2019
that the release of Ovidio Guzmán, son of Joaquín el Chapo Guzmán, shortly after being
arrested in the Mexican Culiacán was to avoid endangering " People's lives.

The capture of a criminal cannot be worth more than the lives of people. The security
cabinet made this decision to release it and I backed it, the president said in his usual
morning press conference, this time from the city of Oaxaca, in southern Mexico. The
president acknowledged that the situation became very difficult in Culiacán that for hours
was beset by bullets and, being at risk many citizens, it was decided to release this offender,
confirming this decision after the informative chaos and uncertainty of the Thursday. He
said that on the afternoon of Thursday, October 17, 2019 he was informed about the events
in this city of the northwestern state of Sinaloa and immediately the members of the
security cabinet met.

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