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Héctor Ríos Morales

Mexico's Top Security Official Blames 'Los Chapitos' Cartel For Killing Spree On Sinaloa Rehab Centers

View of the Shaddai Rehab Center, attacked by alleged members of "Los Chapitos" on April 7 (Credit: Jose Betanzos Zarate/Via infobae.com/Cuartoscuro)

Drug cartels in Culiacán, Sinaloa, have been infiltrating drug rehabilitation centers across the city in order to recruit new members for their organizations. Most of them are promised "job opportunities" if they join their ranks.

However, those visits have also turned deadly as a result of the ongoing turf wars between "Los Chapitos," the Sinaloa cartel clique under the control of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán's sons, and the group known as "La Mayiza," those still loyal to Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada and his son Ismael Zambada Sicairos.

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