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The Sinaloa Cartel (Spanish: Cártel de Sinaloa, pronounced [ˈkaɾtel ðe sinaˈloa], CDS, after the native Sinaloa region), also known as the Guzmán-Loera Organization, the Federation, the Blood Alliance, [4] [5] [6] or the Pacific Cartel, [7] is a large, transnational organized crime syndicate based in the city of Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico [8] that specializes in illegal drug trafficking ...
The Sinaloa cartel is an organized crime syndicate based in the city of Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico, which specializes in illegal drug trafficking and money laundering.
That, for me, is very dangerous. Because there's not a shred of evidence that that is true. There's a military base in Culiacan, and according to news reports, soldiers and police officers ...
During this process, gunmen from the Los Chapitos faction of the cartel besieged Culiacán and several other municipalities in Sinaloa, once again pressuring the government to release their leader. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Amid the unrest, Los Chapitos sought assistance from La Mayiza, but the latter refused, causing a rift between the two factions.
Since early 2007, the export of manufactured drugs has been controlled by the Beltran-Leyva brothers (Sonora-Sinaloa-DF) and "la Familia de Michoacán". These two crime groups have controlled the corridors from the deep sea port of Lázaro Cárdenas in Michoacán, where precursor products to manufacture synthetic drugs are imported from Asia. [29]
The Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation cartels have transformed the illicit drug trade, focusing on synthetic opioids like fentanyl and its even deadlier cousin, carfentanil.
Some 53 people have been killed and 51 others are missing in Mexico's western Sinaloa state since rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel began clashing on Sept 9, local authorities said on Friday ...
The 2023 Sinaloa unrest began on January 5, 2023, following the arrest of Ovidio Guzmán, son of jailed drug lord Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, sparking a wave of violence in the state of Sinaloa. [2] In retaliation for the arrest of Ovidio Guzmán , cartel members blocked highways with burning vehicles and began attacks against the armed forces ...