900 more troops arrive in Mazatlán after a series of targeted attacks

A contingent of 900 Mexican Army troops arrived successful the aboriginal hours of Thursday astatine the larboard of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, arsenic portion of a information reinforcement successful effect to a bid of equipped attacks successful caller weeks.

City Clerk Moisés Ríos Pérez said the recently arrived soldiers bring the full fig of troops for the enhanced information operations to much than 1,300.

Ríos explained that the Public Security and Defense Ministries, and different authorities progressive successful regular information meetings, are moving connected accommodating the caller troops earlier defining their operational deployment.

“Nine 100 arrived astatine midnight yesterday; we are struggling to relocate them astatine the moment,” Ríos told section media. “But we’re hoping that with this caller fig we tin present deploy them passim the municipality . . .  to forestall much [violence].” 

The information reinforcement, a associated effort among federal, authorities and municipal authorities,  comes successful effect to a surge successful unit that has marked the commencement of the summertime vacation play successful the larboard metropolis and tourer destination. 

Between July 12 and 18, section media reported Mazatlán recorded 7 homicides and 1 femicide, successful summation to a shooting and suspected explosive onslaught connected a home. On July 17 and 18 alone, six equipped attacks were reported successful little than 24 hours, leaving 4 dormant and 3 wounded. Days later, betwixt July 22 and 23, 5 much radical were murdered successful little than a day.

Investigations by the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) are underway to clarify the homicides and to place the victims and the perpetrators.

The clime of unit stems from the struggle betwixt factions of the Sinaloa Cartel pursuing the apprehension and extradition 2 years agone of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the erstwhile person of the transgression organization. 

Since September 2024, Mazatlán has been the country of equipped attacks, kidnappings, disappearances, and murders.

Some of the caller unit volition beryllium stationed successful areas specified arsenic Germán Evers and Urías, portion different radical volition defender the national highways starring to Durango and Nayarit. The effort aims to support some residents and tourists arriving astatine the destination during highest season.

With reports from Infobae, Noroeste and Los Noticeristas