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Navy Clampdown: Targeting the Sinaloa Cartel
- On Thursday, Mexican officials killed 11 suspected criminals during a security operation in Sinaloa targeting a residence linked to the Los Mayos faction of the Sinaloa cartel.
- Upon arriving at the location in Sinaloa state, navy personnel came under attack from occupants at the residence associated with Los Mayos, which they repelled in accordance with legal protocols.
- Mexican officials detained Omar Oswaldo Torres, a leader in Los Mayos known as "El Patas," and seized a cache of high-powered tactical weapons at the scene.
- Officials discovered the daughter of an alleged crime boss at the residence but released her to her family after determining she had no ties to criminal activities.
- Last month, a military operation in Jalisco killed Nemesio Oseguera, alias "El Mencho," leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, signaling sustained pressure on major criminal organizations.
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Times of India
The Economic TimesWhat is happening in Mexico? 11 killed in anti-Sinaloa cartel operation. Details here
Mexico: Navy also located the daughter of a crime boss during the operation, but she was released to her family after determining she had no ties to criminal activities.
The Straits Times
The Star Kuala LumpurAt least 11 killed in raid on cartel in northern Mexico's Sinaloa
MEXICO CITY, March 19 - At least 11 suspected criminals were killed in northern Mexico during a security operation targeting a residence tied to the Los Mayos faction of the country's powerful Sinaloa cartel, the country's navy said on Thursday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The federal operation in the town of El Álamo, in the union of El Salado, in Culiacán, left a man arrested and a woman who was released after being detained, identified as the daughter of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada. "In an action linked to this operational deployment, an intervention was carried out in a home related to a criminal cell of the 'Los Mayos' faction of the Sinaloa Cartel, where a member of this criminal organization was arrested," sai…
Mónica Zambada Niebla, daughter of drug trafficker Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada García, was detained during an operation of the Secretariat of the Navy, in the community of El Álamo, syndicatura El Salado, in the municipality of Culiacán, Sinaloa. Officials of the institution said that, as part of the naval actions on land, a woman was arrested, whose identity is being verified to corroborate whether or not she has a kinship with Mayo Zambada. They …
Mayo Zambada's daughter was arrested in an operation, however, because she was not related to criminal acts, she was released.
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