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Mexican authorities captured alleged drug trafficker Ovidio Guzman, a son of former Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, in a pre-dawn operation in Culiacan on Thursday, January 5, according to defense minister https://www.facebook.com/SEDENAmxOficial/videos/5892139664234258/ Luis Cresencio Sandoval . Ovidio Guzman, also known as El Raton ("The Mouse"), is https://www.ice.gov/most-wanted/guzman-lopez wanted by the United States , which accuses him and his brother https://www.state.gov/narcotics-rewards-program-target-information-wanted/joaquin-guzman-lopez/ Joaquin Guzman of trafficking marijuana, cocaine, and methamphetamines on a large scale and selling the drugs to US and Canadian-based distributors. The US also alleges that Ovidio Guzman "ordered the murders of informants, a drug trafficker, and a popular Mexican singer who had refused to sing at his wedding." The arrest operation led to an outbreak of violence, which involved vehicles being set on fire to blockade various routes in Culiacan and elsewhere in Sinaloa, and gun battles between "armed civilians." Shooting was also https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2023/01/05/dos-aviones-de-la-fuerza-aerea-llegaron-a-culiacan-tras-captura-de-ovidio-guzman-cerraron-aeropuerto/ reported at Culiacan International Airport where two Mexican Air Force planes landed. The airport https://twitter.com/AeropuertoDeCUL/status/1611024136146669569 said it was closed from 8:30 am to 10 pm on Thursday for the safety of passengers. Footage captured by David Tellez Garcia, who was due to be flying from Culiacan to Mexico City at 8.24 am, shows passengers ducking inside a plane which is taxiing for takeoff on the runway. Garcia told Storyful the plane was turned around after reports of bullets being shot near the aircraft. Garcia said he, his wife and three children were still at the airport as of Thursday evening. (Footage by David Tellez Garcia/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)