A passenger plane in Mexico was shot this Thursday moments before taking off from the city of Culiacán (northwest), in the midst of shootings that broke out after an operation to arrest a son of drug trafficker Joaquín "shorty" Guzman.
"This morning a bullet impact was detected in the fuselage of an Embraer 190 team that was ready to operate flight AM165 on the Culiacán-Mexico City route, which was canceled for security reasons.", said the company Aeroméxico in a statement.
The report added that the aircraft never started its takeoff roll and "customers and collaborators are safe".
"After this incident, the company’s protocols were activated and the corresponding authorities were notified."the statement said.
Culiacán was the scene this Thursday of clashes between drug traffickers and security forces, which broke out after an operation in which -according to various media outlets- Ovidio Guzmán, son of the "shorty"who is serving a life sentence in the United States.
The shootings spread to the Culiacán international airport, whose operations were suspended.
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