After US agents moved Ismael Zambada (known as El Mayo) to american soil this past summer‚ things got real messy in Mexicoʼs drug-world. The high-profile transport happened via small Beechcraft plane; a move that made US officials quite happy
We should be celebrating what happened in Sinaloa
The aftermath wasnt exactly celebration-worthy though. Since El Mayos capture‚ Sinaloa state turned into a war-zone with death-count going way up - about 400 people lost their lives in Sep-Oct (which is 4 times more than same time last yr)
The state capital Culiacan shows clear signs of whats happening: empty streets after dark‚ scared people staying home‚ while gang-members set up burning road-blocks and shoot at each other (making the whole situation pretty dangerous for everyone around)
The power-vacuum left by Zambada made different groups within Sinaloa cartel start an all-out fight for control: its like musical chairs but with bullets instead of music