 However, on January 30, 2019, President López Obrador declared the end of the Mexican war on drugs.the President stated that he will now focus on reducing spending, and direct its military and police efforts primarily on stopping the armed gasoline theft rings —locally called huachicoleros— that have been stealing more than 70 thousand barrels of oil, diesel and gasoline daily, costing the Mexican economy around 3 billion dollars every year.On October 17, 2019, based on an extradition request sent to Mexico by a Washington DC judge and misinformation provided to Mexican authorities, a failed operation to capture alleged kingpin Ovidio Guzmán López was carried by the Mexican National Guard, in which fourteen people died (mostly from the armed forces and cartel enforcers, and one civilian bystander).