'El Chapo's' son briefly captured amid intense gun battle between police, cartel members

One of the sons of the infamous drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was captured – but subsequently released – by security forces after his detainment sparked intense fighting in northern Mexico Thursday night.

More than 30 militarized police and National Guard members were patrolling the northern city of Culiacan – the capital of Mexico’s Sinaloa state – when they were fired upon from a house, officials said.

The officers repelled the attack and inside found Guzman’s son, Ovidio Guzman Lopez – who is wanted by U.S. authorities on drug trafficking charges – and three other men, Reuters reported.

Guzman was detained, but soon afterward, his heavily armed supporters surrounded the house, sparking an hourslong gun battle between police and cartel members.
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