According to the local prosecutor’s report, at least fifteen people have been killed since Monday, September 9 in the northwest of Mexico during clashes linked to an open war within the Sinaloa cartel founded by drug trafficker Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.
Schools closed, businesses paralyzed, independence celebrations on September 15 canceled: armed clashes between two clans of the Sinaloa cartel are terrorizing the city of Culiacan, the capital of the state (northwest of the Mexico), which has almost a million inhabitants. Security force reinforcements have been sent there. Bodies are sometimes lying on the road. A total of twenty people are also missing.
Not recommended for US nationals
In a statement, the State Department strongly advised U.S. citizens against traveling to the region, noting: car thefts, shootings, security force operations, road blockades, burning vehicles “These armed clashes” arise ” of the events of July 25, explained the governor of Sinaloa Ruben Rocha Moya to the press. That day, the co-founder of the cartel, Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada was arrested in the southern United States with one of the sons of “Chapo” Guzman.
The Mexican president also called on the belligerents to ” act with a minimum of responsibility ” The city of Culiacan was shaken by violence on January 5th during the arrest of Ovidio, another son of the “Chapo” (29 dead, including 10 soldiers). He has since been extradited to the United States.
- RFI
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