Mexico Sinaloa cartel violence: Fight over control of northwestern city of Culiacan

Two factions of the Sinaloa Cartel - one of the most powerful in Mexico - have been fighting since early September.
They want to control the city of Culiacan, which is the organization's base.
But the fighting is crippling the local economy.

Al Jazeera’s John Holman reports from Culiacan, Mexico.

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[FuriousProcess]

The government doesn't want to fix the problem

[samesultani]

Blame the currapt government officials, including the police and military.

[onemoretime]

Everyone has a price tag to look the other way in Mexico.

[tonycj]

The crazy thing is, WE are financing these organizations. This country is the largest market for drugs, both as a percentage of population and overall gross numbers. Get rid of the drug addicts and see where the criminals get their money from.

[romeogrenas]

So Sad what is happening....

Great reporting.
Stay safe there John Holman.

[stoundingresults]

I learned from a colleague the other day that he was robbed at gun point from his Dual purpose motorcycle in East Tijuana. A truck pulled up next to him and the passenger pointed an assault rifle towards him to pull over. Also about a year ago this tire technician went to mainland mexico for his daughters wedding and he pretty much stayed indoors because he refused to pay extortion fees to the local thugs. Also another coworker had his pickup stolen and the police officer who was riding it showed him the crooked paperwork which now had his (police officer's name) and told him "see what you can do about it".

[juangarciaruiz]

And in their songs they praise and support this

[raybarton]

We used to travel to Mexico annually for holidays but no more.

[mome_c]

Is it time to call Mexico a narco state or how bad does it have to get for it to get the title?

[laazdev]

The drugs flow north, guns and US dollars flow south. A large number of those weapons come from AZ, my home state

[OG-uqyb]

Police and military can’t do anything about because they’re on the payroll

[thunderballzz]

Can't believe this anarchy and chaos is happening next door

[bigbub]

Money is the problem. Greed, power, money. Just like governments.

[aaronmartin]

No way . The new president promised this won't be happening anymore. 😮

[DJCCNHA]

I live in Culiacan and it´s way worse than what you hear on the news, it kinda feels like covid but with real GTA, it is not going to stop until one fraction wins, no one goes out only people that have no other option but to go out in order to somehow make some money for food and some other for work, most education is now online.

[sebastianniqvist]

So basically the Mexican armed forces: navy, Air Force and army can’t defeat these terrorists groups?
Blame it on the corruption at all government levels.

[guydreamr]

One of the main takeaways I get from this is that the war on drugs is about as effective as the war on another drug: Prohibition.

[francisco]

We will get through this and get back on our feet just like how we did around 2008 when the Beltran Leyva branched off from the Sinaloa Cartel, in 2019 when Ovidio was first captured, in 2023 when Ovidio was captured the second time and now in this war between the Mayitos and Chapitos. We Culichis are strong and positive people, hard working and polite. May god bless everybody.

[DefensisIndus]

If Mexico Laughs at USA for being hooked on their drugs, USA can laugh at them for Drinking Coca Cola like it is Water 😂😂😭

[ags]

Hay un video años atras del presidente de México donde aprovecho su gira en Sinaloa para ir a saludar de beso a la mama del chapo, aun así el pueblo mexicano quedo cegado por los discursos de este personaje que se aprovecho de la falta de educación de los mexicanos