Homes, Cars Damaged in Manhunt for Fugitive Drug Lord El Chapo Agence France-Presse
go to original October 19, 2015

Questions Raised on Latest Guzman Escape (teleSUR English)

Bullet holes on roofs, charred cars and deserted villages have been left in the wake of a military operation to catch fugitive drug baron Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in north-west Mexico.

Remote hamlets around the municipality of Tamazula, Durango state, are like ghost towns as hundreds of terrified residents fled to the nearest city, Cosala in neighboring Sinaloa state, following the intense marine manhunt more than a week ago. But one place still has the attention of the marines.

In El Limon, troops blocked access to a mysterious ranch, with spikes on the road to prevent cars from approaching.

According to displaced villagers, it was here that marines started to shoot at homes from helicopters in an operation that extended to other parts of the Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range — the bastion of El Chapo's Sinaloa drug cartel.

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Related: Mexican Gov't Fails to Provide Evidence of El Chapo's Injuries (teleSUR)

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