The bodies of five men were found Thursday night in the south of Culiacánauthorities in the Mexican state of Sinaloa (northwest) reported this Friday, plagued for almost a month by the internal war of a criminal organization.
The bodies, which were bare-chested and had hats placed on their heads, were found shortly before midnight on a main avenue of Culiacánthe capital of Sinaloa, as detailed by the Security Secretariat state in a statement.
The discovery was the result of a citizen report that reported that The five men were “lying on the street” and showed “firearm shots,” added the government agency.
The war between factions Sinaloa Cartelone of the most powerful drug trafficking organizations in Mexico, exploded on September 9. It has caused an escalation of violence, focused mainly in Culiacán, which totals some 150 murders, according to figures from the state prosecutor’s office.
The criminal conflict also involves personnel from the Culiacán municipal police which is being investigated by the federal prosecutor’s office of Mexico, as recognized by the Sinaloa government itself.
The origin of this spiral of violence is attributed to a fight between the drug trafficker’s children. Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán and those close to another of the cartel’s co-founders, Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada.
Zambada, 76 years old and one of the historical leaders of the criminal group along with Guzmán, was arrested in the United States on July 25, where he was taken on a plane by one of Chapo’s sons.
The veteran capo accuses Guzmán Jr. of kidnapping him and handing him over to American justice.
The former president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, blamed the United States for this bloody dispute He alleges that he acted unilaterally to arrest Zambada.
