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‘El Mayo’ Zambada: The Fall of the Shadowy Leader of the Sinaloa Cartel Who Sparked the Culiacán War
SINALOA, MEXICO, JUL 25 – Internal conflict within the Sinaloa Cartel has caused 1,600 murders and 1,800 disappearances in 10 months after El Mayo Zambada's capture, authorities report.
- On Friday, Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada was detained at Santa Teresa, New Mexico airfield, arrested alongside Joaquín Guzmán López, and flew to Texas three hours later.
- Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada went to Huertos del Pedregal to mediate a dispute, but it was a trap organized by his godson, Joaquín Guzmán López.
- Amid rising cartel violence, Huertos del Pedregal was abandoned and turned into a ghost town, leaving the area in a state of neglect and desolation.
- Omar Garcia Harfuch pledged to restore peace, and President Claudia Sheinbaum deployed thousands of soldiers to Sinaloa.
- Amid ongoing cartel fragmentation, analysts warn violence may intensify further, and Tomas Guevara warns `the situation is more gruesome these days`.
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A year after El Mayo’s capture, Sinaloa's capital is seen as Mexico’s most dangerous city
The latest National Survey of Urban Public Safety, released by the national statistics agency INEGI on Thursday, shows that residents of Culiacán consider their city, the state capital of Sinaloa, to be the least safe of any urban area in Mexico. That finding is unlikely to surprise many, given that the state has been under siege since a civil war erupted among rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel last year. Still, even in a nation where 63% of …
Sinaloa Cartel Factions Are Weaker, Allowing Rival Organizations To Seize Territories, Mexican Officials Say
Federal authorities say factions of the Sinaloa Cartel have been weakened and no longer hold the same power and presence they had when turf wars erupted last year
Violence in Mexican state of Sinaloa continues one year after 'El Mayo' Zambada's arrest in US
Culiacan, Mexico - The street vendor said the few tourists who still visit Culiacan no longer look for posters of drug lord Joaquin \"El Chapo\" Guzman and accused drug kingpin Ismael \"El Mayo\" Zambada, once the Mexican city’s most famous residents. Read more at straitstimes.com.
On July 25, 2024 he was captured in the U.S. Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada after being apparently betrayed by Joaquín Guzmán López, son of "El Chapo"
‘El Mayo’ Zambada: The fall of the shadowy leader of the Sinaloa Cartel who sparked the Culiacán war
Until a year ago, Huertos del Pedregal was a place of parties and living the dream. This private development in northern Culiacán, Sinaloa, had about 20 rural lots, at least half of which were rented out for gatherings of all kinds. Fireworks were common in the skies every weekend, and residents reported excessive noise from live music and, occasionally, even gunshots in the air. “Now no one comes,” says Ana Becerra, a resident who rented out he…
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