For more than a year, turf wars between two Sinaloa Cartel factions, Los Chapitos and La Mayiza, have turned the state of Sinaloa into one of the most violent regions in Mexico. Since the conflict between the Guzmán family and those loyal to the Zambada clan began in September 2024, Sinaloa has recorded 2,197 homicides and 2,133 kidnappings, according to data collected by Noroeste.
The war, which began in the state capital of Culiacán, has since spread across the state, reaching cities like Mazatlán, a tourist hub on Mexico's Pacific coast that has been among the hardest hit.
