'We hit the ground': Mexican passenger plane caught in cartel crossfire

MEXICO CITY, Jan 5 (Reuters) - "That's an assault plane, dad," said one of David Tellez's younger sons when they saw a Mexican military

[{"selector":"#anim-db53e526-0965-48df-a8c0-c07d06e13dc9 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-34.179687404002955%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-144f3cf6-c2f1-4aff-a080-5ec0e7f60abf","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-540deg) scale(0.1)","none"],"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"fill":"both","iterations":1}]

Violence erupted sometime in Culiacán on Thursday following the arrest of Ovidio Guzmán, the son of the infamous drug lord El Chapo

[{"selector":"#anim-16b74857-1fac-4c80-abf2-385b02fd1fc5","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-540deg) scale(0.1)","none"],"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"fill":"both","iterations":1}] [{"selector":"#anim-4d60b810-dea3-42c6-8a1e-8711dd3fcb5c [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-34.17329535850963%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}]

Aeromexico said no one on Tellez's flight was injured. Culiacán's airport was quickly closed afterwards as security forces patrolled the city

[{"selector":"#anim-5816ea6a-3f98-4e65-b6d4-b08ec70e23d4","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-540deg) scale(0.1)","none"],"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"fill":"both","iterations":1}] [{"selector":"#anim-477eb83b-f15d-414e-be86-be9192aa9221 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-5.942486434788379%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}]

which was littered with burned-out cars, trying to contain the violent reaction. Tellez, 42, returned to tour with his wife and his children

[{"selector":"#anim-a53bf40e-892d-410d-8170-1628cec3000c","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-540deg) scale(0.1)","none"],"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"fill":"both","iterations":1}] [{"selector":"#anim-d1de439e-a4e2-444a-9f99-2bc9c10dbb95 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-34.19732431882569%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}]

He told Reuters that he had arrived at the airport for his 8:24 a.m. flight. without incident, without finding himself standing with the installation

[{"selector":"#anim-3d68122d-b799-43ee-b67a-1458dfdc49c5","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-540deg) scale(0.1)","none"],"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"fill":"both","iterations":1}] [{"selector":"#anim-ff671ee7-e4f4-49c4-a993-315f77a65a9e [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-30.62499988243325%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}]

Tellez hid in an airport bathroom with his own family after hearing that gang members were inside the airport

[{"selector":"#anim-7f3f89d4-4a27-4e98-b621-9e221e339fd3","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-540deg) scale(0.1)","none"],"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"fill":"both","iterations":1}] [{"selector":"#anim-348b064b-0dbf-4877-b23c-693cb084c3d4 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-35.27450363273063%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}]

However, just as flight AM165 to Mexico City was about to take off, a succession of army planes landed on the runway.

[{"selector":"#anim-b23ab14c-e20e-4841-a89b-715552aa154a","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-540deg) scale(0.1)","none"],"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"fill":"both","iterations":1}] [{"selector":"#anim-e8db614c-5a31-468c-99b5-7ad1ce240b44 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-28.90624987200394%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}]

A video circulating on social media, acting to capture the same incident, showed passengers crouching under their seats as a baby cried.

[{"selector":"#anim-550b8c2a-fe22-4b92-8bab-3046c25c3f6f","keyframes":{"transform":["rotate(-540deg) scale(0.1)","none"],"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1000,"fill":"both","iterations":1}] [{"selector":"#anim-63917315-3a97-44fc-9791-f5f345e6a2c2 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-34.17329535850963%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}]

Need More Stories

[{"selector":"#anim-b6a8b714-b3f9-4c7a-92f7-f326ed227565 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-34.179687404002955%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-0137a957-602d-4dd1-8c14-ac526769af45","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(1)","scale(1.5)","scale(0.95)","scale(1)"],"offset":[0,0.33,0.66,1]},"delay":0,"duration":1450,"easing":"ease-in-out","fill":"both","iterations":1}] Learn more