The powerlessness of Mexico's military has become clear as armed groups from the Sinaloa Cartel continue to wage a fierce turf war, resulting in approximately 100 murders and 170 abductions. In the latest show of force, gunmen left a van full of bodies with the message “Welcome to Culiacan” written on the side.
Over the weekend, cartel gunmen parked a white van loaded with bodies in Culiacan, the capital of Sinaloa state. All the bodies in the van were wrapped in garbage bags and showed signs of torture. All of the bodies in the van were wearing tactical gear, according to information provided to Breitbart Texas by Mexican federal law enforcement officials. They showed execution-style gunshot wounds to the head. There were various other gunshot wounds on some of the bodies, indicating that the victims had participated in a gunfight.
Mexican authorities removed a van full of bodies left behind by cartel gunmen. (Credit: Breitbart Texas/Cartel Chronicles).
The gruesome crime scene occurred as a turf war between the Chapitos and Mayos factions of the Sinaloa cartel entered its third week since it began on September 9. According to official government statistics, there have been 98 murders as of Friday. There have been 198 abductions in Sinaloa since the fighting began. However, the real number is believed to be much higher, as the Mexican government is trying to minimize violence and is believed to be undercounting the number of incidents.
Cartel gunmen left six bodies in a van in Culiacan. (Credit: Breitbart Texas/Cartel Chronicles)
Outgoing Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has repeatedly accused his political opponents of being in bed with drug cartels and blamed the violence on the U.S. government, which arrested Zambada.
As Breitbart Texas reported, the violence began on July 25 with the capture of Sinaloa cartel kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada at the hands of his godson Joaquín Guzmán López. is related to. The latest capture shows Guzman and his brother Chapitos convening a meeting with top politicians and El Mayo at a ranch in Sinaloa state. But when El Mayo arrived, Los Chapitos gunmen captured him, tied him up, put him on a plane, and flew him straight to an area near El Paso, Texas, where U.S. federal agents were waiting.
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