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Weekly Report - 30 October 2025 (WR-25-43)
MEXICO: Insecurity persists in Sinaloa
It has been over 15 months since Cártel de Sinaloa co-founder Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada García was arrested on a US airfield alongside Joaquín Guzmán López, one of the leaders of the Los Chapitos faction of the cartel. However, in the months since, authorities have failed to contain the bloody conflict sparked by these arrests in Sinaloa state, with Zambada’s faction, known as La Mayiza or Los Mayos, clashing with Los Chapitos. While the government of President Claudia Sheinbaum has hailed the results of its security strategy in other parts of the country, Sinaloa continues to pose a problem, which recent events have once again highlighted.
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