He Sinaloa Cartelwhich for years had the complicity of authorities to avoid being attacked, has suffered several blows in 2024, which became more evident with the capture of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and the outbreak of war between Los Chapitos and La Mayiza. This generated a wave of violence and also led to several arrests.
Zambada is a co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel and was recently handed over to the United States authorities with alleged deceptions by his own godson, Joaquín Guzmán Lópezso a fierce dispute began between the two factions.
This internal war that takes place in the Mexican state of Sinaloa has claimed more than 400 lives and hundreds of disappearances have been reported.
To try to stop this wave of violence, Mexican authorities have pursued, and sometimes managed to arrest, strategic people, leaders and key operators of both factions of the criminal group; a fact that has further affected the already broken Sinaloa Cartel.
Response from the authorities
The Infobae site explains that the Mexican government’s offensive was not limited to the leaders immersed in the internal war between Los Chapitos and La Mayiza, but included the arrest of historical operators, members of international cells and new leaders who had gained ground in 2024. .
The actions of the authorities have extended beyond Mexico. After an operation in Barcelona, Spain, derived from the kidnapping and murder of an Italian collaborator, an international drug trafficking network was dismantled, which transported drugs from Mexico to Europe, impregnated with clothing.
It was a cell belonging to the Sinaloa Cartel that also operated a clandestine laboratory for the extraction and production of methamphetamines. In the operation, 14 people were arrested..
In Mexico, both factions have suffered severe blows due to the arrest of key figures in the conflict that has Sinaloa involved in an escalation of violence lasting more than 100 days.
From Los Chapitos, Luis Alberto “N”, alias “El Cañas”, was arrested in October along with five collaborators. He was the right hand of Jorge Humberto Figueroa Benitezalias “Perris” or “El 27”.
In that operation, 524 cartridges, two grenades and several vehicles were seized.
Mario Alexander “N”, alias “El Piyi”, was arrested in September; is considered the successor of Néstor Isidro Pérez Salasalias “El Nini”, leader of security operations.
The head of the Los Chapitos plaza in El Dorado, Raúl Alberto Carrasco, alias “El Chore,” was not arrested but killed in June along with seven members of his criminal cell.
De La Mayiza, a faction led by Mayo Zambada’s son, was captured in October Edwin Antonio Rubio Lópezalias “El Max” or “El Oso”, after an armed confrontation in which helicopter gunships were used.
His arrest caused the death of 19 members of his organization. It was a logistical pillar of drug trafficking to our country, from Baja California, Mexico, to Los Angeles.
Hernán Domingo Ojeda López, alias “El Mero Mero”, uncle of Ovidio Guzmanwas recently arrested in possession of fentanyl, a handgun and 800,000 pesos in cash.
Damaso López Serranoalias “El Mini Lic,” was arrested in Virginia on charges of fentanyl trafficking. He was on parole for collaborating with the government of our country.
The bodies of Martín García Corrales, alias “El Tano”, and his brother José Ricardo García Corrales, were found with signs of torture in August. “El Tano” was allegedly an operator of Mayo Zambada.
This narco-war has not only claimed lives and material goods, it has also kept Sinaloa immersed in uncertainty and anxiety.
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