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Durazo, the biggest loser

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Mexico's Security Minister Alfonso Durazo holds a news conference a day after cartel gunmen clashed with federal forces, resulting in the release of Ovidio Guzmán from detention- Photo Stringer/ REUTERS
21/10/2019 |10:00
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Durazo, the biggest loser

It seems like Alfonso Durazo , the Security Minister , is being criticized by the army and Morena . We've been told that Morena members think it would be difficult to support him in his dream to become the next Sonora Governor . We've been told that his role in the release of Ovidio Guzmán damaged his reputation, not only because the operation was improvised and failed, but also because he seemed to blame everyone else but himself. Some consider that he's basically campaigning to become Governor and doesn't want to take decisions that could damage him, therefore, some think the party should tell him it won't support him in his bid to become Governor so that he focuses on national security . It turns out the release of Ovidio Guzmán , the son of “El Chapo” Guzmán , might mean Durazo lost the war.

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