Operation Mongoose Azteca is the code name for a joint initiative by American and Mexican intelligence and military forces to uncover the criminal activities of the Sinaloa Cartel. This operation led to the capture of Ovidio Guzmán López, a son of the Mexican drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán. Following the operation, the Sinaloa Cartel orchestrated road blockades, gunfights, and riots in several municipalities, including Culiacán, the capital of the state of Sinaloa. After a period of sustained surveillance and joint intelligence work, Mexican forces located and recaptured Ovidio Guzmán in the town of Jesús María.