At least 18 people died between Monday (25) and Wednesday (27) this week in Sinaloa, in events that are being investigated as “intentional homicides”, when there is an intention to kill, according to data collected until this Thursday. fair (28) by the State Attorney General’s Office, located in northwest Mexico.
The wave of violence was so intense that the Autonomous University of Sinaloa, the main one in the state, announced that it would suspend face-to-face classes on its campuses in the capital, Culiacán, and in Navolato, at least until next Monday (2).
The growing violence in Sinaloa has seen a significant increase since the arrest in the United States of drug trafficker Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, who was captured in Texas along with Joaquín Guzmán López, son of former Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, in a controversial incident that intensified tensions between the government of then president Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his successor, Claudia Sheinbaum, and the United States Government.
López Obrador even suggested, without providing evidence, the existence of an alleged “agreement” between the US Department of Justice and one of the organized crime groups behind the capture of Zambada and Guzmán. This version was rejected by the US ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar, who stated that his country had cooperated and handed over documents regarding Zambada’s arrest.
The violence in Sinaloa, the birthplace of the cartel of the same name, caused more than 190 deaths and damage to its economy until October, to the point that the local government implemented an emergency plan that includes tax discounts and microcredits.
This content was originally published in Violence in Sinaloa leaves at least 18 dead in three days, says Mexican official on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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