Residents of the town of Jesus Maria in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico, are claiming that over 100 people have gone missing since the arrest of cartel leader Ovidio Guzman, son of notorious drug kingpin El Chapo, last week.
According to Mexico News Daily, residents of the city protested outside a government palace on Monday and said that 140 people have disappeared since Guzman was captured in a violent clash between government forces and the Sinaloa drug cartel. Demonstrators in the state capital of Culiacan also protested, accusing the Mexican army of human rights violations and demanding answers about the military presence in their town since Guzman’s capture.
The clash between cartel members and government soldiers resulted in at least 10 military personnel and 19 suspected cartel members being killed, but officials claim that no civilians were killed. However, locals claim that dozens of people, mostly young men and women between 12 and 35 years of age, are missing.
