John McTavish, holding an M16 just like those used by the American Special Forces and wearing Danner boots, stepped through the rubble and assaulted a civilian house.
There are always survivors.
These villagers ran out of their homes.
Many of them were carrying weapons, and dammit, they were all American equipment.
Sinaloa...
It truly was teeming with drug traffickers, and "Kandahar" was even the place where Guzman was born, so of course, they used the best of everything.
He was quite good to the people of his village, giving out bonuses every year. If you wanted a job, he would find you a spot in the Sinaloa Drug Cartel, even giving you a leadership position to hold.
A typical case of one man's success lifting up all his fellows.
Using Guzman's name, they often committed atrocities, even once when a policeman came to the village for routine patrol, they beat him to death and dragged his body behind a private car.
They were Guzman's most loyal... lackeys.