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Six months of conflict, how many more? : By RIODOCE

 "Char" for Borderland Beat 

This article was posted by RIODOCE 

WRITTEN BY: ALEJANDRO MONJARDIN 

MARCH 10, 2025 

The first half of the fight between Chapos and Mayos left a trail of death and disappearances; despite the measures, the numbers remain chilling.


Culiacán and the southern part of the state have been immersed in a drug dispute for six months, leaving thousands of victims.


Since September 9 of last year, Mayos and Chapos have been engaged in an internal struggle in which they have used not only firearms, but also explosives and a video surveillance system superior to that of the state.


According to statistics from the State Attorney General's Office, between September 9, 2024, and March 6, 959 people were murdered, including 34 minors.


Wilful homicides have decreased compared to the first month of the dispute, but are still far from the levels seen before the fight began.


In August, there were 44 murders; in September, with the ongoing dispute, the number rose to 142; in October, to 182; in November, to 175; in December, to 156; in January, to 138; and in February, to 120.


Due to the wave of violence, after two years of not appearing, Culiacán returned to the list of the 50 most violent cities in the world in 2024, ranking 17th.


The ongoing dispute between factions of the Sinaloa Cartel has been more violent than in the early months of 2008, when the Beltrán Leyva gangs clashed with Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán and "El Mayo" Zambada.


The dispute with the Beltrán Leyva gangs began on April 30 with a confrontation in the Guadalupe neighborhood, and during the first six months, there were 666 murders and 2,926 vehicle thefts.


The peak of homicides was in 2010, when more than 200 murders were committed per month, and the year closed with 2,250 crimes.


Missing Persons


The conflict that began in 2024 worsened the state's already-unknown disappearance crisis. Between September and March, 1,263 people disappeared, of whom only 436 have been located.


2024 closed with 1,271 missing persons, while in 2023 there were 751, in 2022 there were 898, in 2021 there were 951, in 2020 there were 882, and in 2019 there were 1,089.


Photo: CUARTOSCURO

Search groups estimate that the number of missing persons is higher than that reported by the FGE (Argentine State Police) because many cases go unreported.

Vehicle Theft

With the outbreak of the dispute, vehicle theft also increased, primarily in Culiacán.

During the first few days, trucks used to block roads and hundreds of cars were stolen.

On September 9 alone, 32 vehicles were stolen in Culiacán, according to FGE data; and the day with the most thefts was Friday, October 11, when 67 vehicles were stolen.

According to the Executive Secretariat of the State Public Security System, of the 3,422 vehicles stolen in the last six months, authorities have recovered 957.

Explosive Attacks

The fight within the cartel has involved technology, and attacks are no longer limited to firearms, but also drones and explosives.

In October, explosives claimed the first casualty, and it was circumstantial. An elderly man was driving his vehicle on the highway from Eldorado to Las Arenitas. He got out to move some sacks that were blocking the road, resulting in an explosion that left him dead.

A month later, drones dropped explosives in the mangrove area of ​​the Las Arenitas fishing camp; in Culiacán, on the Heroico Colegio Militar roadway, in front of the Ninth Military Zone facilities, they located an unexploded homemade explosive; and in the communities of Maloya and Charco Hondo in Rosario, explosives were dropped from the air.

On Friday, February 28, an explosion shook houses and woke residents in the eastern part of Culiacán after a device was detonated in the 5 de Febrero neighborhood, resulting in no fatalities.

The highway leading to the Costa Rica municipality has been closed to traffic several times due to the detection of explosives.

On Thursday, March 6, in the municipality of Rosario, two drones, 14 drone explosives, and 31 improvised explosives were seized after a confrontation.

Cameras and C-4 Drug Traffickers

In the operations implemented after the outbreak of the dispute, they discovered a surveillance center in the Las Quintas neighborhood, from which cameras installed on city streets were monitored.

Since February 20, a total of 635 cameras installed on public infrastructure in the municipalities of Culiacán, Navolato, and Mazatlán have been removed.


The drug cartel's video surveillance system was superior to that of the State Public Security Secretariat, which only has 222 cameras in operation.

Murdered Minors

Since September, 34 minors have been murdered in the state. On January 19, in the Los Ángeles sector, shots were fired at a vehicle in which Antonio de Jesús was traveling with his sons, Alexander, 9, and Gael Antonio, 12, and another minor named Adolfo, 17.

The father and his two sons died, prompting the school where one of the children attended to organize a march on Thursday, the 23rd, to demand justice.

Hundreds of people attended the rally, marching to the Government Palace where, after breaking down doors, they reached the office of Governor Rubén Rocha Moya, demanding justice and the president's resignation.

Three days later, on Sunday, January 23, hundreds of citizens once again took to the streets chanting "Out with Rocha!" and the president responded that he would not leave the governorship through marches, only through the mechanisms established in the Constitution.

Last Tuesday, 14-year-old Regina died in a hospital after being injured in a confrontation in the Villa Juárez municipality on Thursday, February 27.

A week before Regina was injured, a car wash was attacked in the Adolfo Ruiz Cortínez neighborhood, killing 14-year-old Carlos Felipe, who worked there.

Incidental Victims and Police

During the clashes between hitmen, incidental victims who were injured have also been reported.

On the afternoon of February 17, a shootout and chase broke out between gunmen in the Cañadas, Infonavit Barrancos, Antonio Nakayama, Plutarco Elías Calles, Adolfo Ruíz Cortines, and Felipe Ángeles neighborhoods.

The death toll was two gunmen and nine people injured, including a 5-year-old child. All the injured were accidental victims.


Photo: CUARTOSCURO

Police forces have also been targeted by criminals, and in six months, 25 officers and former officers have been killed, primarily from the Culiacán Municipal Public Security and Transit Secretariat.

Just last week, municipal police officers Ezequiel, Petra Emilia, and Joel Alberto were found murdered. They were kidnapped on February 28 while responding to a homicide report in the municipality of Costa Rica.

Since September, eight Culiacán municipal police officers have been killed; five from the Mazatlán Municipal Public Security and Transit Secretariat; two from the State Preventive Police; two from the Navolato Municipal Public Security Directorate; three from the FGE Investigative Police; one from the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection; and four from the Secretariat of National Defense.

It's not just Culiacán

In the first days of the dispute, the area near the southern exit of the city and the southern districts were the scene of the dispute.

As the days passed, it spread to the municipalities of Elota, Mazatlán, and Rosario.

Last week, in Potrerillos del Norote and Pueblo Nuevo, in Elota, there were clashes, in which one body was left hanging at the entrance to Potrerillos, another in the cemetery, and five on a dirt road.

Mexico City's International Highway 15 in Culiacán was one of the places where gunmen dumped bodies and clashed, but in recent weeks, the eastern sector of Culiacán has experienced constant gunfire.

The Barrio, Amistad, 5 de Febrero, and Guadalupe Victoria areas continually report shootings, murders, and the burning of homes and businesses.

The wave of violence forced federal authorities to reinforce their presence in the state, and by December, the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection confirmed that there were 11,000 federal agents on hand. Last February, more than 3,000 agents were deployed for the 2025 Mazatlán Carnival.

The celebration passed without incident, but the performances of Jorge Medina and Josi Cuen at the coronation of the King of Joy and Grupo Firme at the coronation of the Queen were canceled. The day after a banner was left in Tijuana with a message threatening to kill them if they appeared at the carnival.

Due to the insecurity, the 2024 celebration of the Grito de Independencia at the Government Palace and the Livestock Fair in Culiacán had already been canceled.



Targeted Strikes

In the operations, cartel leaders have been arrested, including Fernando Pérez, alias "El Piyi," on September 19, as an alleged operator of Los Chapitos; Juan Carlos Félix, alias "El Chavo Félix," son-in-law of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, on January 18.

In February, Army personnel captured Los Chapitos pilot Mauro Alberto Núñez Ojeda, alias "El Jando," in the municipality of Jesús María, in a shootout involving aerial fire.

The town's mayor confirmed that the confrontation was not with hitmen, but rather between soldiers who arrived by helicopter and fired at soldiers on the ground.

In Tierra Blanca, Los Chapitos financial operator José Ángel Canobbio Inzunza, alias "El Güerito," was arrested; An air and ground operation was deployed in various sectors of the city, later extending to the municipality of Culiacancito, where Kevin Castro Gil was captured.

Article published on March 9, 2025, in issue 1154 of the weekly Ríodoce.


62 comments:

  1. Ivan and Alfredo will come out victorious in this epic battle for Culiacan later this year. CDS IS KING!!! NuffSaid!!!!

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    1. *Second notice to Connor*: your pendejadas have been canceled.

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    2. 1:03 PM You are so delusional white boy. Ivan and Alfredo will be dead or in a US prison by the year’s end and all their remaining supporters will bend the knee to MF.

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    3. Callese pinche puñetero narcoplaticante .

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    4. 652pm callese alv perro engusanado hdtpm

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    5. MF’s days are numbered. He stands no chance again IAGS.

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    6. La verdad te duele baboso?

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    7. Connor puñetas

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    8. 12:20 AM The same IAGS who came close to being captured after 200 gave up his safe house. Your IAGS is stuck in north Culiacan, running in the sewers like the rat he is.

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    9. Incorrect 410 IAG was no where near that safe house. He was thousands of miles away.

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    10. Connor needs kneepads to serve all the Chaput0s

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    11. if guerito was in culiacan then most likely ivan will be too. anywhere outside his stronghold will be unsafe for ivan right now. his government contacts would of gave up his location by now if he was out of state.

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    12. RIP GILBERTONA !!!

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    13. ''You are so delusional white boy''
      Fuckin clown connor is mex-amer talking espanol all the time,mexicans and their race shit

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  2. These statistics are accurate. They match up perfectly with my Nuff data. The numbers will start to go down slightly in the coming months. The reason for that is that there aren't enough Chapitos left to kill. The war will start winding down due to all of Chapos defeats. The few remaining plazas that they control will fall. The end is near. Nuff Said!!!

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    1. There aren’t Chapitos because MF can’t pick them up. They only pick up kids, women, and YouTubers.

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    2. That’s because chaputos are made up of kids, women, and YouTubers baboso.

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    3. Once again Duff you have inundated us with a plethora of facts and data, which obviously came from years of empirical data and quantitative research. At least it’s not your typical BS pulled from your imagination and thin air…I mean pulled from a relevant review of the literature. And Duffy yelled at Muffy, “Get me a dictionary and some meatloaf.”

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  3. THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO STOP DOWNPLAYING THE VIOLENCE IN MAZATLÁN! They cannot say Carnavál was without incident because the cancelation or artists due to threats was a huge incident and proved the narcos run the country. Also the bomb threats to the Malecón and it being shut down in areas a few days with lame excuses. The people of Mazatlán are tired of the propaganda yet still there is no mention of the families of the missing having to sneak into the parade which was vastly shortened due to performers and schools worried about their personal safety.
    Even if a bomb went of during Carnavál, the government would claim it was a gas leak and the event went without incident!!!!!

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    1. Sorry, but the Mexican people are timid as sheep and don't have it in their DNA to fight their oppressors 😟🇮🇷🌮

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    2. I live in Mazatlan and never heard about any bomb threats. As far as I ca tell todo esta tranquilo aca.

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    3. Must not scare off the tourists

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    4. I’m from Mazatlan I live here… you shouldn’t speak on shit you know nothing about

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    5. Yes IT SUCKS BIG ONES that you can’t party up in MAZA this year. As you can see there is TERRORISTS running around without you acknowledging it, TOO bad they aren’t cutting peoples heads off, THANK GOD you have a choice NOW make it count. I’d say MAYA DAY CLUB in the 480. Just save some PESOS since drinks will not be 3$ more like 30$ THATS POR UNO. Puto

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    6. I forgot to sign👆🏾
      Daddy

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    7. 654 & 1046 then you don't read the daily news. Even at Carnavál they were showcasing marinas with the device to shoot down drones telling people that if they were using them for legitimate filming to check in with the Marina at checkpoints before flying them due to the threat that drones will be used to drop bombs so any would be shot down. Also policia municipal received a 911 bomb threat and then went to the area where backpacks were left under one or two migotes and the area and beach were closed for about two days with possible bombas under the sand, but in the end they claimed it was just training to cover up anything that could possibly stop Carnavál from happening.

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    8. The beaches were never closed. Nothing was closed. There were a lot of GN, Marinas, Army and Munis even everywhere. They said 3000 extra elements but everything was quiet. The problems are in Culiacan and in the ranchos. Mazatlan is tranquilo.

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    9. What are "migotes"?

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    10. 314 just search the news. All legit sites reported on it with that area of the beach being closed with military and their dogs on the beach searching. It's not some rumor, it was closed.

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  4. Todo Por La Avaricia De los Chapos En Entregar al MAYO ya perdition mas de lo que Iban a ganar Bola De Tontos, NO Sabian El Desmadre Que Se Iba A Llegar Se han de estar Arrpentiendo De Lo Mal Que Actuaron.

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  5. Que se maten las putas Gilbertonas y sigan poniendo dedo y cuperando con la DEA/FBI. Y paren de matar gente inocente putos sapos!!!!!!





    RIP Gilbertona

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    1. That's Koo foo

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    2. 2:56 🤣. Arriba el cartel de los sapos!!!!!!!!!







      RIP Gilbertona

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  6. But mexico dont care they more worried about changing a name to a coffee. And promoting a hotwheel that the manufacturing plant hasnt even been constructed. And drink pepsi.

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  7. TRUMP WILL SQUASH THIS MESS. NuffSaid!!

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    1. Trump has bigger issues to worry about in his country. No jobs, food prices are skyrocketing, the market is collapsing, etc.

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    2. 1223 The sky is falling, eggs are a hundred dollars a dozen, gold $3,000 an oz., a price on peso pluma's head, Koo Foo en huelga de hambre, controversial video dropping of Connor lurking around at the annual Boy Scout Jamboree, all these and other signs point to the real possibility that this COULD be the end of civilization as we know it...
      Stay tuned...

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    3. @10:53
      Eggs costing $100 per dozen?!!
      What are we talkin' here, hen's eggs, or rooster eggs?
      🐣🐤🐥

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  8. Seams like Mayito Flaco is winning the war so far.

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  9. Do you guys think either Mayito Gordo or Vicente got to see or visit there Dad in jail??????

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    1. Yeah, they ate dinner together and then played cards all night 🍔

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    2. Burgers over tacos lol 🍔 vs 🌮 America over Mexico 😂😂

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  10. Did Chavo Felix get caught or do you think he was turned in by Mayito Flaco or Iván.

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    1. It’s looking like a sacrificial lamb because after that they cooled off MF and then all the big arrests have been Ivans inner circle

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  11. Any word on Panu? Is he running/ hidding? Taught Mazatlán was his looks like it's Zambadas now.

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    1. Mazatlán Culiacan and Novalato are still pizza out of the three Novalato is the closest to fall

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    2. Habrá que preguntarle a Debra Rico Zazueta
      Se quedó enamorada de él

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    3. 431 The Debra Rico Zazueta dude always pointing that out.

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  12. Trump just got demoted to a car salesman

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  13. Blame the president who took el chapo away from mexico and into usa when el chapo was around sinaloa cartel was in great form and was in total control now they are being destroyed and many lifes are being destroyed and lost

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    1. The government not doing anything using that excuse is why we're in the shithole position we are in now because it got too out of control for the government to handle anymore. We need to stop blaming everyone else for our greed and laziness. People also forget it was Biden in office when all this happened with the kidnappings, not Trump. He wasn't even elected yet when that plane crossed into US soil.

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    2. The more things start to go wrong in the U.S., the more you're going to hear Joe Biden's name brought up, because everything that goes wrong during the Donald's presidency will obviously be blamed on Sleepy Joe..

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  14. Quien tiene aguas y quiere trabajar

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  15. Estan llorando por 6 meses. En tamaulipas estan guerreando por mas de una decada. Cuantas guerras comensaron loe sinaloas. Ahora que la cagada que hacian en otros estados les lllego a su casa se quejan por 6 meses. No mamen. Aguanten vara alv.

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  16. Ridículos!
    Lo que les dió de comer y orgullo
    Ahora los hace llorar

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  17. They should call it the war between 🫱🫱🫱🫱🫱LOS CHUPAS VS. LOS PUTAS

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  18. Or call it LOS STUPIDASSES VS LOS PENDEJOS

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  19. No call it 🫱🫱🫱🫱🫱🫱
    Los empacadores de dulce de azúcar contra los lanzadores de ensalada

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  20. Los pinche juevons vs Los pinche chiconas con queso

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