'Free Shorty': Hundreds March in Culiacan Calling for Cartel Boss to Be Freed Martin Duran - The Associated Press
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People play music and march in support of jailed top drug boss Joaquin Guzman Loera, 'El Chapo' in the city of Culiacan, Mexico, Wednesday. (AP)

CULIACAN - Not everyone is happy over the capture of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.

Hundreds of people marched on the streets of this western Mexico city on Wednesday demanding that Mexican authorities free the boss of the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel. Many said he provides needed jobs in poor mountain areas.

Norteno musicians played trumpets while high school students in uniforms held up signs reading "We want Chapo free" and "We Love Chapo" as they paraded in Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa state, which is the cartel's bastion.

Demonstrators also said they opposed any attempt to extradite Guzman to the U.S., where he faces several drug-trafficking charges in different states.

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