SEATTLE - Since September, turf wars between Sinaloa Cartel factions has triggered a wave of violence in northern Mexico that has resulted in 400 homicides reported in the state of Sinaloa alone over the past two months —a 400% increase compared to the same period last year.
In an attempt to control the damage being caused by criminal groups, the Mexican government has turned to the country's armed forces for help and deployed thousands of members of the Army, Navy and National Guard to states in northern Mexico, particularly to Sinaloa.
