In the latest war between the factions of the Sinaloa drug cartels, Mexican authorities have found 20 bodies in the state of Sinaloa. Four of the victims had been decapitated and their bodies had been found hanging from a bridge on a main road near Culiacan, the state capital.

'Bodies decapitated, hanging from a bridge': How Sinaloa Drug Cartel got engulfed in war - EXPLAINED

A faction of Mexico’s dreaded gang Sinaloa put up banners across the state declaring that they have stopped the production and sale of fentanyl — a drug that is more potent than heroin.

Mexico’s dreaded Sinaloa cartel ‘puts up’ banners announcing to stop sale of fentanyl

The US Government recently took aim at the four sons of notorious Mexican drug trafficker Joaquin El Chapo Guzman in a crackdown on deadly fentanyl. The indictments described wanton murder & torture by El Chapo's sons to protect & expand their dominance of the Mexican drug trade. They tortured rivals with electrocution & some were fed, dead & alive, to tigers kept by Ivan & Jesus Guezman. In recent years, the drug fentanyl has fuelled a surge in US opioid overdose deaths. A potent synthetic opioid drug, fentanyl is approximately 100 times more potent than morphine & 50 times more potent than heroin as an analgesic.

Fentanyl Opioid crisis: El Chapo's Sinaloa cartel viciously expanding operations | Crackdown in US

Violence has gripped Mexico's Sinaloa after the security forces captured the drug cartel leader El Chapo's son. The arrest comes after three years of failed operation to detain him.

Violence engulfs in Mexico's Sinaloa, son of drug lord 'El Chapo' arrested

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

Venezuelan forces detained members of the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel during clashes with armed groups near its western border with Colombia, a top Venezuelan military official said on Friday.

Venezuela detains Sinaloa cartel members in clash at Colombian border 

Loyal followers of "Saint Jesus Malverde" paid tribute to the popular narco figure on Sunday (May 03) to mark the anniversary of the execution of Jesus Malverde in Culiacan, in Mexico's state of Sinaloa.

Mexicans celebrate anniversary of "narco saint" despite pandemic

Mexican security forces on Thursday arrested one son of jailed drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in an operation that triggered intense fighting. Heavy gunfire rocked Culiacan, a city of 750,000 people, in sustained clashes that left blazing vehicles strewn across the street and sent terrified residents running for cover.

Fierce gun battles as El Chapo's son arrested in Mexico

Accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman was interested in directing a movie about his life story as early as 2007, long before his well-known meeting with US actor Sean Penn and Mexican actress Kate Del Castillo in 2015, jurors in Guzman's US trial heard on Monday.

'El Chapo' dreamed of biopic for years before capture, says trial witness

The assassination of two Mexican mayors is the latest episode in a drug war that has claimed more than 60,000 lives so far

Being mayor in Mexico can cost you your life

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