The Sinaloa Public Security Secretariat confirmed the murder of three people in Mazatlán on Monday night. The events occurred in the Rafael Buelna and Antonio Toledo Corro neighborhoods, where two and one person were murdered respectively.Receive our news in your emailOur bulletins inform you of the events before anyone else, directly to your inbox. “Security […]
Hotel reservations drop 40% due to cancellation of Luis Miguel in Mazatlán
The cancellation of Luis Miguel’s concert in Mazatlán, scheduled for September 29 at the “El Encanto” soccer stadium, caused the cancellation of 40 percent of hotel reservations. The Chief Officer, Rogelio Olivas Osuna, said that a large economic spillover was expected for the port this weekend, however, it was not possible due to the decrease […]
Due to disappearances, Mazatlán’s nightlife is ‘on the decline’
Due to the increase in forced disappearances of young people in recent weeks in Mazatlán, nightclubs and taxi drivers who work at night are seeing a sharp drop in demand for their services. Alfredo Noriega López, general secretary of the Green Ecotaxis, said that demand has fallen dramatically in recent weeks, which has affected the […]
Local Police in Culiacan Withdrawn After Army Seizes Weapons
Local police in Culiacan, a city dominated by cartels, have been pulled off the streets after the army confiscated their weapons, officials announced Monday. This decision came just a day after around 1,500 residents of Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa, marched through downtown demanding peace following weeks of cartel gunfights that have claimed dozens of […]
This is how the drug trafficking map looks at the end of AMLO’s six-year term: the Sinaloa Cartel is the most affected
“Hugs, not bullets” was the main axis that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador chose to combat organized crime groups from the beginning of his administration on December 1, 2018, a policy that left a figure of more than 200 thousand dead at the end of his six-year term and that practically did not change the […]
No date set for the return of passenger routes from La Laguna to Mazatlán
There is no date for the return of trips to Mazatlán at the Torreón and Gómez Palacio Bus Stations, given the risks that the transfer of passengers on the highway from Durango to the port implies for transportation, due to the episodes of violence that have occurred in recent weeks. Due to the blockades on […]
Durango-Mazatlán superhighway is enabled
After an incident on the Durango-Mazatlán highway at kilometer 137 on Saturday night, the situation was remedied and it is now open for traffic in both directions. In this regard, Oscar Galvan, Secretary of Public Security in Durango, was interviewed and said that traveling to Sinaloa is the responsibility of each person, so crossing the […]
This is how the Sinaloa Cartel recruited residents of Alaska to sell drugs
On August 30, 2024, the United States Department of Justice announced a 28-year prison sentence for Miguel Báez Guevara, alias ‘Javi’, a lieutenant of the Sinaloa Cartel who generated millions of dollars in profits through drug trafficking from Mexico to Alaska. Under his leadership, the criminal group founded by Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán and Ismael […]
Five municipalities in Sinaloa return to virtual classes and limit activities due to violence
The Elota City Council again recommended the suspension of in-person classes at all educational levels, sporting events, training and minimizing daily activities, especially in public spaces, in view of the continuation of the violence that left 5 people dead last weekend. In turn, the Autonomous University of Sinaloa ordered that in the southern part of […]
AMLO says fight between drug traffickers in Sinaloa was due to an “incorrect decision from abroad”; Ken Salazar reiterates that it is not the fault of the US
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador hinted that the violence currently taking place in the state of Sinaloa was caused by a “bad decision” made from abroad, since during his administration “something like this never happened.” During his speech at the inauguration ceremony of the irrigation zone of the “Santa María” dam, from El Rosario, Sinaloa, […]