WATCH: Mexican Cartels Shoot At Commercial Jetliner, Passengers Duck On The Floor

A Mexican A commercial passenger jet was shot at Mexican This week, drug cartel members are in the city Culiacan As many as 10,000 Mexican To capture a drug kingpin in the area, soldiers stormed the scene.

Passengers Onboard an Aeromexico The military and the military were at each other’s throats, and flight was caught up in the melee. Sinaloa Drug cartel Thursday As soldiers captured Ovidio Guzmán López, the son of notorious cartel leader Joaquín Guzmán Loera, also known as “El Chapo.”

“As we were accelerating for take-off, we heard gunshots very close to the plane, and that’s when we all threw ourselves to the floor,” said witness David Tellez.

#Culiacán 🚨 | Pasajeros de un vuelo de #Aeromexico vivieron momentos de terror cuando la aeronave recibió el impacto de una bala derivada de los enfrentamientos de hoy, evitando su despegue del aeropuerto. #ObservandoEnVivo 🔴 | @Noticierista pic.twitter.com/h062ysB0GD

— Los Noticieristas (@noticieristas) January 5, 2023

Aeromexico says that no one on the flight was Injured by the bullets that hit the plAne, which damaged the fuselage, the report said. Flights In the state of Sinaloa They were canceled.

Tellez His family said that they hid in the airport bathroom due to the chaos outside, and that rumors circulated that there were cartel members in the airport.

“We prefer to stay at the airport until it’s safe to leave,” He said. “The city is worse. There is a lot of shooting and confusion.”

The Massive military operations involved more than 3,500 troops since the last time the Mexican Captured military Ovidio Guzmán in 2019 they were forced to let him go after hundreds of heavily armed cartel gunmen flooded the city and threatened to murder families and overrun the soldiers.

Some videos showed Mexican M134 miniguns are fired by military helicopters. They can fire up 6,000 rounds per hour down onto cartels during day and night.

NarcoTerrorists fired.50 caliber machine guns, which can be powerful enough to take out light armored vehicles and down aircraft. Mexican soldiers.

Ten Soldiers were killed along with 19 members of the cartel. 35 soldiers also sustained gunshot wounds. Nearly Two dozen cartel members were detained and numerous.50 caliber weapons, as well as dozens of rifles and more that two dozen armored cars, were seized.

Sinaloa The state authorities ordered that all activities be suspended and asked residents to remain inside their homes. Thursday as the military conducted their operation.