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Mexican Cartel Rules

City After Gunbattle

MEXICO CITY—A sonof the

infamous Mexicandruglord

Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmánis

captured. Cartel gunmen re-

spond withavicious attack on

soldiers andcivilians acrossa

major Mexican city, killing at

least eight. The government

givesin and releases the son,

atop figurein the cartel.

One of the most violent

daysinMexico’s long fight

against drug cartels unfolded

late Thursdayas members of

the Sinaloa cartel wreaked

havoc across Culiacán,a mod-

ern, middle-class city of

around 800,000 residents,in

response to what appeared to

beabotchedattempt to arrest

BYDAVIDLUHNOW

ANDJOSÉDECORDOBA

‘Get the Hell Out of Syria’:

America’s Chaotic Exit

President Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troopsupended

Middle East policy and empowered Washington’s adversaries

LIKE FATHER

CarlIcahn prepares

tohandover the

reins tohis son

Brett—somedayB 1

Fo rget that GapSale—There’s a

Drag Queen in theFoodCourt

iii

Malls look for creative ways to lure

shoppers in fight to survive; ‘very edgy’

Hoping toincrease foot traf-

fic, the Rosedale Center in

Roseville, Minn., opened its

doors to dog owners, offering

them a place to walk pets on

frigid Sunday mornings before

stores opened.Themallwasn’t

prepared for whatit unleashed.

Thisyear, more than 40 0

pooches descended on the

two-story shopping center

each week.There wasn’t

enough time to clean up be-

fore the stores opened and

many dog ownersignored the

free wipes and reminders

postedthroughout theprop-

erty. Shoppers groaned about

odors, allergies and pet hair

on mall furniture.

“We started getting com-

plaints from our customers

that were comingin because

wejust couldn’t keep up,”said

Lisa Crain, general manager of

Rosedale Center,whichis 1.

million square feet.

The American mall is fight-

ing for its life using the one

advantageit has over online

stores: vast amounts of space

perfect for a giant dance party

or a parking lot circus.

Sometimes, like the dog-

walking play,ideas backfire.

Please turn to pageA

BYESTHERFUNG

American

Patriotism

Is Worth

Fighting For

REVIEW

AWeekend

In New

Orleans

OFF DUTY

OvidioGuzmán.

Heavily armed gunmen rid-

ingin convoys engaged in

more than 70 firefights with

Mexican securityforces, set

fires to vehicles, shot at gov-

ernment offices and engi-

neered ajailbreak that freed

55 prisoners, officials said. By

nightfall,it was clear the car-

tel wasin charge of the city.

Mexicancartels have a his-

tory of blocking streets with

burned-out vehicles to protect

their bosses, and of going on

rampages when their leaders

are captured byauthorities.

But Thursday’s events were

unprecedentedin their scope

Please turn to pageA

Hondurasleader’sbrother

found guilty in drug case... A 8

America’s humiliating exit

from the warinVietnam was

marked by chaoticimages of

people struggling to board the

last helicopters leaving the

rooftop of the U.S. Embassyin

Saigon. The U.S. didn’t want to

leave Syriainsimilar fashion.

Thatis what the Trump administration’s

special envoyto counter Islamic State,

James Jeffrey, told the top Kurdish military

commander, a longtime U.S. partner against

the militants, during one of their last con-

versationsbeforeTurkeyattacked.

Dayslater,asTurkish-backed forces ad-

vanced into Syria, the U.S. military began a

haphazard retreat from the Syria border that

left thousandsof Kurdish allies alone and

outgunned.

As the fightingintensified, the U.S. faced

the possibility of another Saigon moment.

Dozensof Kurdish women andchildren fled

their homes and sought sanctu-

ary at the headquarters of the

U.S.-led coalition fight against

Islamic State,an abandoned ce-

ment factoryabout 30 miles

from the Turkey-Syria border.

Soldiers turned them away.

Three days later, as Turkish-backed forces

advanced on the base,U.S. Apache helicop-

ters and F-15jets flew past low over the

fightersin a show of force to protect Ameri-

cans hunkered down behind base walls.

Kurdish fighters set fire to their part of

base, seeking to leave behind little of value.

Within hours,Americanforceswithdrew.

Two U.S.jet fighters returned to destroy an

ammunition depot,tents and latrines,an at-

tempt to reduce the facility’s militaryuseful-

ness toTurkish-backed forces.

Please turn to page A

ByDionNissenbaum

inBeirut,IsabelColes

in Duhok,Iraq,

andNancyA. Youssef

in Washington

EXCHANGE

 Cease-fire in Syria is marred by clashes......... A1 1

737 MAX flight simulators, ac-

cording to a transcript of the

messages reviewed by The

Wall Street Journal,and Mr.

Forkner described someofthe

MAX’s simulated behavioras

“egregious.”

Apparently referring to

changes to the system, Mr.

Forkner wrote: “So I basically

lied to the regulators (un-

knowingly).” At the time, FAA

regulators were in the process

of certifying the 737 MAX as

safe to carry passengers.

Mr. Gustavsson replied: “It

wasnt a lie,no one told us that

was thecase.”

According to a letter FAA

head Steve Dickson sent to

Boeing on Friday, the plane

maker discovered the mes-

Please turn to page A

Asenior Boeing Co. pilot

raisedconcerns abouta

MAX flight-control system

three years ago, but the com-

pany didn’t alert federal regu-

lators until 2019,months after

apair of deadly crashesin-

volving the same system, ac-

cording to the Federal Avia-

tion Administration.

Ina2016instant-message

exchange, MarkForkner, then

Boeing’s chief technical pilot

for the MAX, and a colleague

named Patrik Gustavsson ap-

peared to discuss theplane

maker’s modificationsof the

system, known as MCAS. The

pilots compared notes onprob-

lems they had encountered in

BYANDREWTANGEL

ANDANDYPASZTOR

Boeing Pilot Raised

7 37 MAX Concerns

held the door open to cutting

interest rates for a third time

in as many months, though

they have argued less force-

fully for another reduction

than they did before their

moves in Julyand September.

Theyframed those reduc-

tions as a policyrecalibration

to cushion the economy

against a global manufacturing

swoon amplified bythe U.S.-

China trade war rather than

the start of an open-ended

stimulus effort tocombata

deepening downturn.

Investors in interest-rate

futures markets have main-

tained strong expectations of a

Please turn to page A

Federal Reserveofficials are

heading into their meeting in

two weeks likely to cut inter-

est rates while debating

whether they’vedone enough

to vaccinate the economy

against growing risks of a

sharper slowdown.

Officials began these discus-

sions last month,when they cut

their benchmark rate to a range

between 1.75%and 2%.

Now they are deliberating

whether tocall a timeouton

the current sequence of rate

cuts, how much time they

need toassess the effectof

those moves and howtocom-

municate theirplans.

In recentpublic statements

and interviews,officials have

BYNICKTIMIRAOS

Fed Is Likely

To Cut Rates,

But Eyes Pause

Investors place their trust in

theFed........................................ B1 3

Apoliceman walks past a burnt vehicle after heavily armed

gunmen took over Culiacán, capital ofthe Mexican state ofSinaloa.

ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES

NASA Women Make History WithSpacewalk

A senior Boeing pilot
raisedconcerns about a 73 7
MAX flight-control system
threeyearsago,but thecom-
pany didn’t alert federal reg-
ulators until 2019,months
after two deadly crashes, ac-
cording to the FAA.A

Fedofficialsare heading
into their meetingintwo
weeks likely to cut rates while
debating whether they’ve
done enough to vaccinate the
economy against growing risks
of a sharper slowdown.A 1

PG&E’s chiefsaidthat it
could take as long as 10 years
for the companytoimprove
its electric system enough to
significantly diminish the need
to pull the plug on customers
toreduce the riskoffires.B 1

J&Jsaiditrecalledone
lot,about 33,000 bottles,of
its babypowder because the
FDA found a small amountof
asbestosinasingle bottle.B 1

Oraclesaid Mark Hurd,
the company’s co-chief ex-
ecutive, died Fridayatage62.
He had taken a medical leave
of absencein September.B 3

U.S.stocks fellon global
growth worries, but the S&P
500 stillclosed the week
with gains after a strong
start to earnings season.B 13

Coca-Cola’s carbonated
soft drinks are making a come-
back. Quarterlysales rosein
large part due to variations on
the firm’s namesakecola.B 3

What’s

News

CONTENTS
Books..................... C7-1 2
Food......................... D8-
Gear & GadgetsD1 0 -1 1
Heard on Street...B1 4
Obituaries............... A1 0
Opinion.............. A13-1 5

Sports........................A 12

Style & Fashion D2- 3

Travel....................... D6-

U.S. News............ A2- 6

Weather................... A

Wknd Investor....... B

World News...... A7-1 1

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T

hecease-fireaccordne-
gotiated by the U.S. and
Turkey in northeastern Syria
was in flux as skirmishes
erupted between Turkish and
Syrian Kurdish forces.A1 1

Mexico’s presidentfound
himselfon the defensive af-
teroneof the most violent
days in the country’s long
fight against drug cartels.A

TheU.K.’sJohnsonwooed
lawmakers in a last-minute
charm offensive, aiming to
win a parliamentaryvote on
his Brexit deal Saturday.A

Kudlow arrangedabrief-
ing last week with outside
experts who warned Trump
that U.S.-China trade tensions
couldimperil the economy
and hurt his re-election bid.A 3

AcareerState Department
official told congressional in-
vestigators that he raised con-
cernsin2 0 15 about Hunter
Biden being on the board ofa
Ukrainian natural-gas firm.A 4

The Supreme Courtagreed
to consider whether asylum
seekers whocrossintothe U.S.
illegally can challenge efforts
to quickly deport them.A

Trumpsaidhe intends to
nominate Deputy Energy
Secretary Brouillette to suc-
ceed the departing Perry.A

A suspected militant attack
on a mosquein Afghanistan
killed dozens of worshipers
attending Friday prayers.A

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ORBITAL: Astronauts Jessica Meir, left, and Christina Koch on Fridaycompleted a much-anticipated

NASA milestone by completingthefirst all-female spacewalk. The women, shown inside the

international space station after their mission, replaced a part on the station’s power grid. A 2