The brief apprehension of Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman's son, Ovidio Guzman Lopez, triggered a raging gun battle on Thursday in the Mexican city of Culiacan.

The violence began when cartel leaders including Ovidio Guzmán López, one of El Chapo's sons, who were hiding in a house in Culiacán, opened fire on a group of soldiers on Thursday.

El Chapo's lawyer revealed that the arrest warrant for Ovidio Guzman Lopez that led to Thursday's violence in Culiacan, Mexico, stemmed from a federal judge in Washington, DC.

New reports indicate El Chapo's son, Ovidio Guzman Lopez (pictured), was released from Mexican authority custody after his older brother orchestrated a violent response to the raid.

Mexico sold three of the six homes it confiscated from Joaquín ' El Chapo ' Guzmán at an auction in Mexico City on Sunday.

Luis Arellano-Romero, who was part of El Chapo's Sinaloa Cartel, was extradited to the United States last Friday and appeared before an El Paso, Texas, judge, for the murder of a drug dealer.

In 2015, Bolivia's ex-president Evo Morales gave parliament access to El Chapo's son, Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar, who also took aircraft pilot classes before he disappeared.

Anthony Comello reportedly told his lawyers that he killed Francesco Cali because the mob boss was a part of the 'deep state' plan to undermine President Trump.

Officials in the Mexican state of Sinaloa report that murders dropped by 60 percent from 2010 to 2019, but El Chapo's old cartel still holds power in his home state.

José 'The Lord of the Tunnels' Sánchez Villalobos is accused by a federal California court of building and operating two tunnels for El Chapo that connects Tijuana and San Diego.

The Mexican government is seeking the extradition of Dámaso 'El Mini Lic' López Serrano, El Chapo;s godson, who is accused of being the mastermind of a journalist's 2017 murder.

The DEA says El Chapo's Sinaloa Cartel poses a threat to the United States like no other Mexican criminal group even with the notorious leader sitting behind bars in the U.S.

El Chapo's mother says her lawyers have provided Mexican officials proof that her son was illegally extradited to the United States in a letter she sent to Mexico's president.

Alejandrina Gisselle Guzmán visited the poor in the Guadalajara metro area. She's using the earnings from her company Chapo 701, a fashion line inspired by her father, for the donations.

The Brexit Party leader will unveil the bold plan, which includes rebuilding the transport system and free broadband for all homes at a Birmingham rally where he will unveil 100 general election candidates.

Mr Farage told a rally in Birmingham that his new party was 'not a protest movement' as he unveiled the party's first 100 candidates to stand at any snap general election.

EXCLUSIVE: The fires of the Amazon rainforest continue to wage, as do opposing politicians. But experts and green activists are calling for more to be done to tackle the ongoing issues.

Ahead of today's United Nations climate summit in New York, the PM will unveil plans for fund aimed at developing practical technology to help the world's poor reduce their impact on the planet.

The Trump administration is considering tying foreign aid payments to how countries treat their religious minorities.

The Department for International Development (Dfid) controls most of Britain's £14billion aid budget and has faced frequent criticism for waste and muddle since it was set up by Labour in 1997.

The Department for International Development will now not merge with Foreign Office and a borders and immigration ministry, separate to the Home Office, is unlikely in the cabinet reshuffle.

The Daily Mail has discovered that tens of millions of pounds of UK foreign aid is helping fund schools in Gaza and the West Bank that use such material in lessons.

Nine-year-olds study maths by adding the number of martyrs in Palestinian uprisings in textbooks illustrated with pictures of their funerals.

Foreign aid chiefs have been told to improve how they manage the £4.2billion being spent on boosting gender equality overseas. In the past £4million has been spent on Yegna, Ethiopa's answer to the Spice Girls.

Max Verstappen, who is largely considered the biggest emerging threat to Lewis Hamilton's supremacy on track, is quietly confident his Red Bull team can do big things in 2020.

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas had the fastest time Friday in the second practice for the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and was also involved in a crash.

Hamilton, who collected his F1 champion's trophy at an FIA gala in Paris on Friday, will head to Valencia's Ricardo Tormo circuit for the closed event organised by mutual sponsor Monster.

The 34-year-old racer became just the second driver in the sport's history to win six titles - and needs just one more to match all-time great Michael Schumacher's record.

Charles Leclerc has signed a five-year contract to remain with Ferrari following a successful maiden campaign with Ferrari, rewarding the Frenchman with a new and improved deal.

Formula One bosses have been accused of getting into bed with the Saudis who 'stole' their own TV rights deal.

W Series, the all-female racing championship, has broken into the Formula One family 15 years after Bernie Ecclestone said that 'women should wear white like all other domestic appliances'.

Lewis Hamilton's future with Mercedes is under increasing threat and the British driver could join Ferrari in 2021. He has one more season with the Silver Arrows on his £40million-a-year deal.

The six-time world champion's clarification follows Italian media reports claiming negotiations with team boss Toto Wolff have broken down over his annual pay demands.

The Shanghai Sports Federation wants the Chinese Grand Prix to be cancelled as the coronavirus death toll continues to rise. The virus has so far killed 500 people.

Mercedes driver Hamilton claimed his sixth world championship last season and is now eyeing Schumacher's record with the Brit approaching the new campaign as the strong favourite.

The British racing star's contact is set to expire at the end of the year, and the six-time world champion has been heavily linked with a move to Ferrari.

They will come face to face when Hamilton, whose contract is due for renewal at the end of the season, returns to work at the Silver Arrows' Northamptonshire factory on Tuesday morning. 

Hamilton, whose Mercedes contract is set to expire at the end of the year, had held informal talks about joining Ferrari last year but any move now looks dead in the water.

Lewis Hamilton has unveiled the new Mercedes he hopes will fire him to a record-equalling seventh Formula One world championship.

Lewis Hamilton has hit back at criticism from Red Bull rival Max Verstappen , calling the Dutchman's comments 'a sign of weakness' after he recently lit the fire ahead of the upcoming season.

The Chinese Grand Prix could be rescheduled for November as part of a two-day event sandwiched in between the Brazilian and Abu Dhabi races after the original race was postponed.

JONATHAN MCEVOY IN BARCELONA: Lewis Hamilton is making Mercedes wait to open contract talks, though he revealed that 'freedom' will be a central demand when negotiations finally start.

Mercedes' reinvention of the steering wheel has been banned just a day after it broke cover. Not that Lewis Hamilton and his boffins will mind because it won't be outlawed until 2021.

The Chinese Grand Prix, which was scheduled for April, has already been cancelled amid growing fears about the virus but F1 chief Chase Carey has announced it is 'all systems go' for Melbourne.

It has been reported that Hamilton could pocket around £60million from a new deal with Mercedes but he and Wolff both claimed that they have not yet spoken about figures.

Lewis Hamilton has said he needs to figure out his next 'five to 10-year plan' before signing a new contract with Mercedes. Hamilton joined Mercedes from McLaren back in 2013.

Formula One's most prominent woman, Claire Williams, has criticised the sport's 'disgraceful 19th Century' accusation that her becoming a mother has caused her team's decline.

JONATHAN MCEVOY: Seven Formula One teams have threatened to take Ferrari and the governing body, the FIA, to court for hushing up a potentially illegal Ferrari engine.

On Wednesday, seven of Formula One's 10 teams published a joint statement expressing surprise and shock at the FIA's confidential agreement with Ferrari.

Mercedes have reinvented the wheel - for now. Their new DAS system took onlookers by surprise when cockpit cameras showed Lewis Hamilton tugging on his steering wheel.