B.C. travellers hunker down as violence flares in Mexican state of Sinaloa
Global News
Violence broke out in the state Thursday, after police arrested alleged drug cartel leader Ovidio Guzman, a son of jailed Sinaloa Cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.
British Columbian travellers in Mazatlán say they are hunkering down in rentals and resorts, as a wave of violence flares in the Mexican state of Sinaloa.
Violence broke out in the state Thursday, after police arrested alleged drug cartel leader Ovidio Guzman, a son of jailed Sinaloa Cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.
Much of the violence appears focused in the city of Culiacan, where airline Aeromexico said one of its passenger planes was struck by a bullet during the fighting.
However three airports, including the the one in Mazatlán have been closed, and Canada has issued a travel advisory for the entire state.
“The one thing we know tonight is we’re safe, we’re with friends. I’ve reached out to my family and let them know we’re OK,” Nanaimo, B.C., resident Mark Lockhart, who was staying near the city with his wife and friends, told Global News Thursday evening.
Lockhart and his companions didn’t realize what was happening until they tried to take a trip to the beach Thursday morning, only to find the roadways in chaos.
“We saw these two trucks burning … and we got turned around, so we went up over the overpass and there was another truck burning, blocking off all access to the Mazatlán airport,” he said.
They returned to where they were staying, where they learned from a local connection what was going on and decided to stay put.
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