The cartel civil war tearing apart a Mexican state

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Conflict erupted within the Sinaloa cartel in 2024 after the son of Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán kidnapped his father’s co-founder and handed him over to US authorities, intensifying a cartel civil war in Mexico.

🇲🇽 Location: Sinaloa, Mexico — Sources: 3 — First seen: — Last seen:
Sinaloa cartel Mexico civil war Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán cartel conflict

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Sinaloa Cartel

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Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán

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Mexico

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Claudia Sheinbaum

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Sinaloa

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Ismael Zambada

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