2023 Sinaloa unrest | |||||||
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Part of the Mexican drug war | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
3,586 (4,500 post-riot) | Around 5,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
10 soldiers killed Visually confirmed per Oryx: 2 DN-XI infantry mobility vehicles1 technical 1 Boeing 737-800 lightly damaged 1 CASA C-295M lightly damaged |
19 cartel members killed 21 cartel members captured Visually confirmed per Oryx: 26 captured Sinaloa Cartel vehicles14 destroyed Sinaloa Cartel vehicles | ||||||
One 14 year old boy injured |
The 2023 Sinaloa unrest began on January 5, 2023, following the arrest of Ovidio Guzmán, son of jailed drug lord Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, sparking a wave of violence in the state of Sinaloa.[2] In retaliation for the arrest of Ovidio Guzmán, cartel members blocked highways with burning vehicles and began attacks against the armed forces.[3] The Culiacán International Airport was closed after gunfire was opened on two planes (one passenger and the other military). On January 13, the Mexican Secretary of the Interior Adán Augusto López Hernández declared that "order has been reestablished" in Sinaloa.[4]
According to official reports, ten soldiers, a police officer and 19 alleged members of the Sinaloa Cartel were killed.[2] The violence prompted the Mexican military to launch a series of armed raids using planes and helicopters to attack cartel members.[5]
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