19 suspected cartel members killed in shootout with troops

Mexican troops changeable dormant 19 suspected members of nan Sinaloa cartel aft they came nether onslaught successful nan northwestern state, nan ministry of defense said Tuesday.

Military unit were attacked connected Monday by much than 30 group adjacent nan authorities superior Culiacan, and nan ensuing firefight near 19 cartel members dead, nan ministry said successful a statement.

Sinaloa has seen a surge successful violence since nan July apprehension of nan cartel's co-founder Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada successful nan United States.

Zambada's apprehension triggered a war betwixt his relatives and nan sons of supplier trafficker Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who co-founded nan cartel.

The ministry of defense said nan cartel members killed connected Monday were presumed to beryllium linked to Zambada's faction.

National Guard troops patrol a thoroughfare aft bullets deed nan El Debate newspaper building received a pack conflict successful Culiacan, Sinaloa State, Mexico, connected October 18, 2024.  IVAN MEDINA/AFP via Getty Images

Zambada, 76, was arrested connected July 25 successful nan confederate United States, wherever he landed pinch Joaquin Guzman Lopez, 1 of "El Chapo's" sons, who led a faction of nan cartel known arsenic nan "Chapitos." The seasoned supplier trafficker has accused Lopez of kidnapping him and handing him complete to US rule enforcement.

According to an indictment released by nan U.S. Justice Department past year, nan "Chapitos" and their cartel associates utilized corkscrews, electrocution and basking chiles to torture their rivals while immoderate of their victims were "fed dormant aliases live to tigers." El Chapo's sons were among 28 Sinaloa cartel members charged in a monolithic fentanyl-trafficking investigation announced successful April 2023.

El Chapo is serving a life condemnation successful a maximum information situation successful Colorado aft being convicted successful 2019 on charges including supplier trafficking, money laundering and weapons-related offenses.

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