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Video - Recapture of "El Chapo" - Operation Black Swan
Posted: Sun, 17 Jan 2016 16:48:15
by MarcSpaz
Full video of the recapture of "El Chapo".
This is not gory, but it is a 15 minute battle between the police and the cartel, with machine guns and grenades. You will see one police officer got shot at the start of the battle and 9 bad guys get killed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPhFWHJsgkc
Re: Video - Recapture of "El Chapo" - Operation Black Swan
Posted: Sun, 17 Jan 2016 18:27:12
by jdonovan
that seemed like a really disorganized operation.
Re: Video - Recapture of "El Chapo" - Operation Black Swan
Posted: Sun, 17 Jan 2016 18:46:39
by MarcSpaz
No doubt. The team lead was constantly coordinating their movement. They really didn't know what to do. I even heard the team leader calling one of the guys a chicken because he wouldn't push forward. He said, "Come on! Hurry up! Don't be chicken!"
Fear and lack of training can be a bad combo in those situations. I'm shocked only one officer got shot. There is a huge shortage of men willing to do the right thing. I'm glad they made the effort and none of the good guys died.
Re: Video - Recapture of "El Chapo" - Operation Black Swan
Posted: Sun, 17 Jan 2016 18:50:31
by jdonovan
I'm assuming that if they suspected chapo, and his cartel was hiding there, they didn't go grab a bunch of random patrol guys, but grabbed a trained tactical unit. That should have had some amount of training time together. But it sure didn't appear that way.
Re: Video - Recapture of "El Chapo" - Operation Black Swan
Posted: Sun, 17 Jan 2016 21:04:45
by FiremanBob
What did you expect from Mexico? If their government were any good, the people wouldn't be risking their lives to get out of the country.