Days after the notorious drug trafficker Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán was extradited from Mexico to the United States in January 2017, local police in Sinaloa, where he was born, came under attack.

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The police chief in Mexico's Sinaloa state was murdered on Monday while driving on a highway in the region, home to one of the country's most powerful drug cartels, authorities said.

Police chief murdered in Mexico's Sinaloa state

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Police chief murdered in Mexico's Sinaloa state