by Admin
Oct 24, 2024
Mayhem was unleashed in Sinaloa, Mexico, when 19 gang members were gunned down by the Mexican navy forces while a local cartel leader was arrested during the gunfight.
Mexico’s defense ministry confirmed the incident happened in Culiacan, when a group of more than 30 gunmen fired on soldiers at a checkpoint, the soldiers returned fire and called in reinforcements from the navy.
The defense ministry said some of the attackers fled abandoning their weapons and the military checkpoint was created to quell the intra cartel violence that has erupted since the arrest of the co-founder of the Sinaloa “El Mayo” Zambada.
Seven vehicles and nearly 30 firearms, including machine guns, ammunition and military-style vests and helmets were also seized.
The arrested cartel gang leader was identified as Edwin Antonio “N” with his last name withheld as a normal procedure for those accused of crimes in Mexico.
He was regarded as a local leader of the Sinaloa Cartel faction led by its legendary co-founder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada.
Violence in Sinaloa has increased to another level since the arrest of the former leader of the Sinaloa cartel Ismail Zambada in July, and was extradited to the United States.
Prodesq political analyst, Temitope Oladeji, said the cause of the deadly violence in coastal areas of Sinaloa has been attributed to the power tussle between the two factions of the same Sinaloa cartel group which involved the sons of arrested drug lord “El Chapo” who are called “chapitos” are wrestling for the control of the leadership of Mexico deadliest cartel group against the loyalist of “El Mayo” Zambada who was recently arrested in July.
El Mayo has been running the Sinaloa cartel since the arrest of his former partner El Chapo by the United States authorities in 2016 but the recent arrest of Zambada leaves a huge hole of leadership which has led to deadly clashes between the two factions in the cartel.
It’s reported that over two hundred people have been killed since the cartel violence broke out in September and over three hundred people have been declared missing.