“The internal war of the Sinaloa Cartel and the increase in the consumption of substances further complicate the panorama by 2025. Resolving it requires coordination between levels of government and greater investment in security,” says Francisco Rivas, director of the National Citizen Security Observatory.
“To reverse violence, greater resources in security, international cooperation and strategies to face phenomena such as the internal war war, the increase in extortion and criminal control of territories,” he adds.
The arrest of “May” occurred on July 25, 2024, but the dispute was visible as of September 9, when an escalation of the malicious homicides that has returned to the entity at levels of violence similar to those recorded in those recorded in 2017.
Between September 2024 and February 6, 2025, there were 809 malicious homicides, according to data from the Sinaloa Prosecutor’s Office and the daily report of the Security Cabinet.
Until before the start of the internal dispute of the Sinaloa cartel, the monthly average was 88 homicides, however, these five months average 159, an increase of 80%.
In this period, the authorities have also learned of more than 600 disappearances, 2,878 stolen cars and 249 people detained.
However, the Sinaloa government defends the results. The Executive Secretary of the State Public Security System (SESESP), Ricardo Jenny del Rincón, said Thursday that the last three months of the intention of the intention of a downward behavior in Sinaloa.
He informed that 182 cases – not victims – were recorded in October, 175 in November, 158 in December and 138 in January 2025.
Jenny del Rincón said that the “humanist” government of Rocha Moya is aware that the figures are not just numbers, because behind each data there are people and victims.
“It is very important to point out that, although we talk about statistics, we do not lose notion of the important thing, which will always be the life and integrity of the Sinaloans,” said the state official.
The government of President Claudia Sheinbaum has implemented a focused strategy to address violence in Sinaloa and, although there was already a reduction in homicides, this crime remains above 100 events each month.
A Sinaloa, in addition to reinforcements, was sent for a few days to the Secretary of Citizen Security and Protection, Omar García Harfuch, to coordinate the security strategy, which, he says, is gradually giving results.
“In Sinaloa there has been a very important effort to reduce violence. There is still a lot of work to be done, but after the increase in homicides that occurred, as of December today a containment can be observed in the escalation of homicides, ”said Harfuch last January 9.
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