Local and federal officials in Mexico continue their efforts to address the wave of cartel-related violence that has hit northern Mexico since "Los Chapitos" and "La Mayiza" began a war for control over territories and drug smuggling routes in Sinaloa and northern Mexico.
Since the factions of the Sinaloa Cartel began their full-fledged war on Sept. 9, over than 400 homicides have been reported in the state of Sinaloa, 80 of them in November alone. And hundreds more continue to be missing.
