It has been a turbulent start of the month for the Aguaruto prison, located less than 10 miles outside of the city of Culiacán, the capital of Sinaloa. On Dec. 1, a shootout broke inside the penitentiary causing the death of one inmate and leaving three others injured.
The commotion caused by the events drove authorities in Sinaloa to replace the prison's warden, José Alfredo Martínez Álvarez, who had been in charge of the prison since 2022. However, his replacement is already embattled as he has been previously linked to the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG).
