"Browning M2", "the mother of all the machine guns" used by the cartel of Sinaloa to release the son of "El Chapo" Guzmán

A group of hitmen from Poster Sinaloa managed to repel the government of Andrés Manuel López after that Ovid Guzmán López, the son of the largest drug trafficker in Mexican history, the "Chapo" Guzmán Lorea, was arrested at a police checkpoint. In order to free him, a terrorist operation was launched which ended with the liberation of this young man of 29 years, in order to find security in the city of Culiacán.

The son of the Mexican drug lord was captured in the early hours of Thursday afternoon. Minutes after, the famous cartel responded with all that he had, succeeding in defeating, in the local deployment, the tactics and the arms, the local security forces. The mercenaries opened fire and unleashed a real war that left the government no option but to deliver them to "The Mouse".

Ovid is the result of the relationship of "Chapo" with Griselda López Pérez, with whom he also had Joaquín, Edgar and Griselda Guadalupe. In 2012, this young man from the United States had been designated as part of the criminal organization ordered by his father. If the Mexican government had kept him captive, I should have decided whether they extradited them or not.

But López Obrador had no choice, the cartel of Sinaloa attacked with a great shooting capacity, which included the powerful machine gun called "Browning M2 ".

In a video that ran on Twitter, you could see two shooters in the box of a white, apparently armored truck, which fired on the mansalva with this weapon. Caliber 50 which was created during the First World War by John Browning, to improve the firepower of the M1917but just He ended up making his debut in the Second World War. Since then, it has been used in various military conflicts like Vietnam, Iran and Iraq, the Gulf, Afghanistan and even in the Falklands. Today, Mexican drug traffickers use it to treat their internal enemies.

The Browning M2 is nicknamed "the mother of all machine guns" thanks to your efficiency and great firepower. It has a length of almost two meters and weighs about 40 kilos. It can reach 1,800 meters.

It is an effective weapon against the infantry, unshielded or lightly armored vehicles and ships, as well as light fortifications and low-level aircraft (up to 300 meters). As if that was not enough, can shoot up to 550 projectiles per minute.

As reported EFE, at least eight people died and 49 prisoners escaped of a criminal during the confrontation between the cartel of Sinaloa and the National Guard.