Culiacan, Mexico (Reuters) -Street Seller said several tourists who are still visiting Culiacan, are not looking for drug Lord Joaquino El Chapo Poster Guzman and accused the drug kings El Mayo Zambada, once the most famous inhabitants of Mexico.
Posters, which have been in great demand for many years, became a spike of terrible violence caused by the alleged betrayal, which caused Zambada’s arrest a year ago and encouraged the battles in Sinalaoa cartels.
“I imagine that at some point in my life, tourism will return to Culiacan,” said Jasmine, who now sells many magnets, key pendants and cups. She refused to share her name for the constant threat of violence in this once -ranging city of 1 million people.
Friday is one year since Zambada, one of the saddest Drug Lords of Mexican accused drugs, was arrested at the airfield near El Pasas, in Texas, along with one of El Chap’s son Joaquin Guzman Lopez. Zambada says El Chap’s son Joaquin has kidnapped him and handed over to US agents.
The alleged betrayal was shocking. Prosecutors claim that Zambada and El Chapo founded the Sinalaoa cartel and represented different factions of the criminal organization. The arrests caused a break in the group and caused a wave of violence that continued.
During the first six months of this year, the authorities registered 883 murders compared to 224 years ago. The vast majority occurred in Culakan.
The massacre can only be the beginning. The authorities say that from 2024 In September, more than 1,500 people disappeared after Zambada’s arrest. Security officials say criminal groups have participated in many disappearances.
“Life in Culiakan is no longer the same,” said a local official who asked for anonymity, fearing retaliation. “There are no more parties here because of fear,” he said, adding that schools are choosing online classes, not personally.
Security analysts say that violence in the state is of the highest level since the last major division between criminal groups in 2008, when the Sinalaa cartel interrupted the Alliance with the Beltran Leeva brothers brothers.
“It is one thing to stop the pact through betrayal, as it happened then and the other to pass an important partner, as happened last year,” said Tom Guevara, an expert on Sinaloa security issues, indicating the alleged abduction of Zambada. “These days, the situation is gloomy,” he added.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum tried to control spiral violence by sending thousands of hardly armed soldiers to the Sylona to patrol the area along with helicopters, armored vehicles, high -level weapons and drones.
However, the discovery of corpses continues, sometimes dozens are poured. The bodies were hanged from bridges and damaged by reports of retaliation among competitors groups.
US President Donald Trump said last week that Mexican authorities were “annoyed” from drug cartels and said they were huge control in the country and through Mexican politicians. Sheinbaum said these allegations are obviously not true.
Mexican Security Minister Omar Garcia Harfuch said on Sunday during a visit to the Sinalana that the government’s priority is to “restore peace for families.”
Zambada said in February. He wanted to admit guilt of accusations of drug trafficking, money laundering and weapons if US prosecutors were deprived of the death penalty.
(Jesus Bustement Notifications Culiacan and Lizbeth Diaz Mexico; Edited by Adriana Barrera and Rod Nickel)