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Weekly Report - 19 September 2024 (WR-24-37)
MEXICO: Sinaloa violence will pose challenge for Sheinbaum
Brutal infighting is raging within one of Mexico’s largest drug trafficking organisations. The bloodletting within the Sinaloa cartel is likely to provide an early test of the security policies of President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum, who takes office on 1 October. At least 33 people have been killed in 10 days of violent clashes between the two different factions of the cartel, which started on 9 September, and more than 30 have been ‘disappeared’. This follows the unusual capture of Sinaloa kingpin Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada on 25 July [WR-24-30]. It is thought that Joaquín Guzmán López – one of ‘Los Chapitos’, the sons of imprisoned Sinaloa kingpin Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán who lead a rival faction of the cartel – betrayed Zambada as part of a plea bargain deal to hand him over to the US authorities.
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