Battle of Culiacán

Battle of Culiacán
	Part of the Mexican Drug War
	; Culiacán the day after the battle.
Date	17 October 2019
Location	Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico
Result	Sinaloa Cartel victory ; Ovidio Guzmán released; 8000 federal troops sent to Culiacán;
Belligerents
Mexico	Sinaloa Cartel
Commanders and leaders
Andrés Manuel López Obrador ; Luis Cresencio Sandoval ; Alfonso Durazo Montaño	Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar ; Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar ; Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas
Units involved
Mexican Armed Forces ; Mexican Army Special Forces Corps; ; Mexican National Guard; Sinaloa State Police;	Sinaloa Cartel factions Los Chapitos (a.k.a. Gente Nueva); Los Ninis;
Strength
350	700-800
Casualties and losses
2 killed	8 killed
	4 civilians killed, 21 injured

The Battle of Culiacán, also known locally as the Culiacanazo and Black Thursday, was a failed attempt to capture Ovidio Guzmán López, son of Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, who was wanted in the United States for drug trafficking.

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