{"id":62124,"date":"2016-01-01T08:46:54","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T13:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=62124"},"modified":"2016-01-01T08:46:54","modified_gmt":"2016-01-01T13:46:54","slug":"2-marines-killed-in-firefight-while-hunting-for-mexican-drug-lord-el-chapo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/2-marines-killed-in-firefight-while-hunting-for-mexican-drug-lord-el-chapo\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Marines Killed In Firefight While Hunting For Mexican Drug Lord ‘El Chapo’"},"content":{"rendered":"
Two Mexican marines have been shot dead during their hunt for the fugitive drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman in the notorious Sinaloa state this week.<\/p>\n
They were on patrol in El Ebano village on Monday night when they were attacked by by suspected members of organised crime.<\/p>\n
One marine and the attacker were killed in the firefight and the other one died of his injuries hours later in hospital.<\/p>\n
Marines seized the vehicle, a gun, ammunition and 50 ‘doses’ of crystal meth after the shooting.<\/p>\n
The attacker in El Ebano was named as ex-convict Jose Maria Penuelas Rubio by Secretary of the Marines, Spanish newspaper\u00a0El Pais<\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n It was the second clash between marines and suspected gang members in the region in less than a week.<\/p>\n Two suspects were killed in a gun fight with troops in Guzman’s home town of Badiraguato last Friday.<\/p>\n Hundreds of people in the region are said to have fled their homes to escape the military operations, which have included house to house searches.<\/p>\n