Secret US flight leads to unexpected chaos in Mexican drug capital
A top drug-lords capture by US forces changed everything in Mexican state of Sinaloa. Local city turns into night-time battleground with four times more killings than usual
About one-and-half years ago a small-scale Beechcraft aircraft took-off from Mexico carrying precious cargo: Ismael “El Mayo“ Zambada was heading to US soil. The super-quiet operation (which happened without any public notice) marked a big win for anti-drug efforts
We should be celebrating what happened in Sinaloa
However the removal of Zambada created a power-gap in the well-known Sinaloa group; leading to wide-spread fighting. The stateʼs main city Culiacan now looks empty after dark — its people stay home while armed men set-up burning road-blocks and shoot at each other
The death count tells the whole story: around 400 people lost their lives in just two months which is four-times more than usual. Local folks dont go outside much these days; especially when the sun goes down — theres too much risk from stray bullets and cross-fire between rival groups
