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Tiffany Lo

El Chapo's son begs cartel gunmen to stand down before shootout leaves 13 dead

This is the moment Mexican soldiers order drug lord El Chapo's son to call off his cartel gangsters at gunpoint.

The armed forces are seen attempting to arrest Ovidio Guzman Lopez and forcing him to his knees.

He is made to call his brother, Ivan Archivaldo Guzman, to ask for cartel gunmen surrounding the house to be called off.

But the sibling refuses to cooperate and 13 people were killed in the gunfire that followed.

The incident, in the Mexican city of Culiacan, was watched by video-link by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

Defense Minister Luis Crescencio Sandoval released helmet camera footage of the swoop by heavily armed military police on the residential compound.

Shouting and gesticulating, police are shown moving into the building.

A young woman with her face obscured emerges is seen walking out of the garage, followed by Guzman in a black baseball cap.

Briefly Guzman was held with his hands against a wall while an intense gunfire can be heard in the background.

He made the phone call to his cartel fighters and told them to call off the rescue attempt (CEPROPIE/AFP via Getty Images)

A soldier shouts at Guzman: "Tell your people to stop this!" and then Guzman is seen talking on a mobile phone as police mill around.

Guzman is heard saying to his brother in the phone: "Call it off, please, I've given myself up.

"Now stop it, calm down, there's nothing to be done...T ell them to pull back, I don't want this."

Soon after police arrested Guzman, cartel gunmen surrounded the residence and staged gun battles and burning road blocks around Culiacan, causing widespread panic.

Later that afternoon, police withdrew from the residence without him.

A burning bus was set alight by cartel gunmen to block a road while Ovidio was detained by the police (REUTERS)
He is the son of feared drug lord El Chapo (AFP/Getty Images)

The government said the failed operation has resulted eight people died during the gunfire, but the local media reported the death toll as 13.

Ovidio's father, Joaquin Guzman, led the powerful Sinaloa Cartel for decades, escaping from prison twice before being arrested and extradited to the United States.

El Chapo Guzman was found guilty in a US court in February of smuggling tons of drugs and sentenced to life in prison.

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