Battle of Culiacán
| Battle of Culiacán | |||||||
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| Part of the Mexican Drug War | |||||||
Culiacán the day after the battle. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Mexico | Sinaloa Cartel | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Andrés Manuel López Obrador Luis Cresencio Sandoval Alfonso Durazo Montaño |
Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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| 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.