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Mexico police arrest El Chapo's son Ovidio Guzman ahead of Joe Biden's visit

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Ovidio Guzman and his father Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.

Mexican security forces captured Ovidio Guzman, an alleged drug trafficker wanted by the United States and one of the sons of former Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, in a pre-dawn operation Thursday that set off gunfights and roadblocks across the western state's capital.

Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval said Army and National Guard personnel had captured a son of "El Chapo." Sandoval identified him only as Ovidio, in keeping with government policy.

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