Clash in El Chapo's Hometown Leaves Two Dead in Sinaloa's Golden Triangle Agence France-Presse
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Displaced in Sinaloa: The Hunt for 'El Chapo' (VICE News)

Mexican forces clashed with suspected organized crime figures in the hometown of fugitive drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, killing two and netting 4.5 tons of marijuana, the Navy said Saturday.

The armed suspects attacked the forces on Christmas Day patrol Friday in Badiraguato in Sinaloa state, it said in a statement. The forces called in air support, and the alleged bandits also attacked the Navy helicopter that responded.

In fending off the attack, two suspects were killed, according to the Navy. Their criminal affiliation was not immediately clear.

Mexican forces seized six large weapons and ammunition, as well as 4.5 tons of marijuana that was packaged and ready to be shipped. It was incinerated on site.

"El Chapo" - the chief of the Sinaloa drug cartel - is on the run after staging a brazen prison break in July during which he slipped through a tunnel leading to an escape hole under his cell's shower in the Altiplano maximum-security prison in central Mexico.

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Related: Army Chopper Hit in Sinaloa Gunfight (Mexico News Daily)

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