- Ovidio Guzmán Lopez, son of drugs kingpin El Chapo, was arrested Thursday
- It comes just days before US President Joe Biden is due to visit Mexico City
- Members of the Sinaloa Cartel have fought back in violence after the arrest
This is the moment a Mexican attack aircraft strafed cartel members who then fired back as a city descended into a warzone following the arrest of drug kingpin El Chapo's son.
Mexican security forces on Thursday captured alleged fentanyl trafficker Ovidio Guzmán Lopez, nicknamed 'El Raton' or The Mouse, in the northwestern city of Culiacan and flew him to Mexico City on a military plane.
The arrest was the result of six months of intelligence work tracking down the 32-year-old, who has allegedly helped to run his father's operations since El Chapo - Joaquin Guzman - was extradited to the United States in 2017.
But Culiacán has since descended into violent chaos with gunfire and arson, just days before US President Joe Biden visits for a North America leaders' summit in Mexico City.
Three security force members have died in riots while furious gang members set up road blocks with machinegun-mounted trucks, torched vehicles and attacked a local airport.
Footage posted on Twitter showed what are reportedly armed Mexican military single-engine aircrafts in a strafing run in Culiacán against members of the Sinaloa Cartel.
Sinaloa cartel have set up roadblocks with machine-gun mounted trucks in a bid to seize Guzman back, causing the city to become a 'warzone', according to The Drive.
Cartel members fired .50 caliber rifles and other weapons, though it is not yet clear whether they managed to hit any government aircraft, in what was possibly an attempt to prevent El Chapo's son being taken to Mexico City.
There have also been fights between government security forces and cartel members on the ground.
It comes as Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is preparing to welcome Biden next week for a North America leaders' summit in Mexico City, where security is expected to be high on the agenda.
Ovidio Guzman, nicknamed 'El Raton' (The Mouse), was caught in the northwestern city of Culiacan and flown to Mexico City on a military plane, Defense Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval told reporters.
The arrest comes three years after the Mexican army detained Guzmán but then released him after Sinaloa cartel gunmen seized control of much of the city - in a bed to avoid further bloodshed.
He said the arrest was the result of six months of intelligence work tracking down the 32-year-old, who has allegedly helped to run his father's operations since El Chapo was extradited to the United States in 2017.
Mexican authorities have accused the younger Guzman of being a key figure in fentanyl trafficking - a synthetic drug blamed for tens of thousands of deaths in the United States.
The US State Department claims that Guzmán and his brother, Joaquín, are currently overseeing approximately eleven methamphetamine labs in the state of Sinaloa.