The Latest Breaking News from Sinaloa

A Sinaloa civic group estimates that an average of six killings and seven kidnappings have taken place in Culiacán every day over the past month

Genaro Garcia Luna was convicted of taking millions of dollars in bribes to protect the violent Sinaloa drug cartel.

Violence and fear grip Culiacan as Sinaloa cartel factional war escalates, prompting residents to flee and businesses to suffer losses.

Former Mexican security chief García Luna faces life sentence for aiding drug traffickers. Revelations of bribery and ties to Sinaloa cartel emerge.

Cellphone chats have become death sentences in the continuing, bloody factional war inside the Sinaloa drug cartel

Genaro García Luna's sentencing marks the culmination of a high-profile case that has exposed deep ties between Mexico's security apparatus and drug cartels

More than 150 vehicles have also been confiscated from criminal groups, including 35 armored vehicles and eight cloned units

Mexican journalist Jesús Lemus suggests that the current turf war will lead to the dissolution of the Sinaloa Cartel, giving way to splinter groups

An advocacy group has also reported that, on top of the murders, authorities need to pay attention to the almost 300 people that have gone missing

Authorities sent 100 more special forces to the area as the war between the "Chapitos" and the "Mayiza" has already gone on for over a month

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum took office on October 1. She inherits a country where organised crime still rules in many regions, a deadly situation that her predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, failed to curb. More than 30,000 murders are still committed each year, and on average, 29 people disappear every…