Mexico's secretary of defense Luis Cresencio Sandoval reports that a total of 29 people, 19 gang members and ten military personnel, were killed during the operation which ended in the arrest of Ovidio Guzmán.
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January 6, 2023 (Friday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
A Russian missile strike near a fire station in Kherson, kills one person and injures four others, according to regional official Yaroslav Yanushevych.
Al-Shabaab gunmen storm a village in Hirshabelle State that was captured from the jihadist group last week, killing at least six people.
At least 20 people are killed and many more injured during an ambush by Al-Shabaab insurgents at a government base at the Hilowle Gaab village.
Russian forces shell the front line city of Kramatorsk, damaging at least fourteen homes, according to the city's mayor, with no reports of casualties. Meanwhile, Donetsk People's Republic officials accuse Ukraine of shelling Donetsk with artillery.
Business and economy
The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization reports that international food prices reached a record high in 2022 amid ongoing concerns of food shortages.
Disasters and accidents
International relations
The Taliban and the Xinjiang Central Asia Petroleum and Gas Company of China agree to a 25-year deal to allow the Chinese firm to drill for oil in the Amu Darya basin. It is Afghanistan's first major energy extraction agreement with a foreign firm since the Taliban returned to power in 2021.
Law and crime
State security police in Uzbekistan arrest four people over the deaths of 19 children who consumed a cough syrup product manufactured by Indian drug manufacturer Marion Biotech last week.
Saudi Arabia sentences two Wikipedia administrators to 32 and 8 years in prison, respectively, in relation to their activities on the website.
Interim president Assimi Goïta pardons 49 Ivorian soldiers who were arrested in July and convicted of "undermining state security".
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