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Latin Times
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Politics
Maria Villarroel

Mexican Border City Torn by Cartel War Pins Hopes on Trump's Pressure on Drug Traffickers

View of the front pages of Mexican newspapers showing the news of the capture of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, in Mexico City, Mexico on July 26, 2024. Mexican authorities reported that they had no participation in the arrest of Ismael "Mayo" Zambada, co-founder of the Sinaloa cartel, and of a son of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, carried out on July 25 in Texas by US authorities. (Credit: Rodrigo Oropeza/Getty Images)

As violence ramps up in the Mexican border city of Culiacan due to a power struggle between two strong cartel factions, residents put their hopes of safety and peace behind the Trump administration, which has vowed to crack down their influence in U.S. territory.

Culiacan as once quiet and relatively tranquil thanks to total domination from the Sinaloa Cartel. But that was until September, more than a month after Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada— the Sinaloa Cartel's oldest leader— said he was kidnapped by one of the sons of former leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman and taken to the U.S. where they were both arrested.

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