Mexico finds 20 corpses, 5 beheaded in culiacan plagued in the cartel

Mexican authorities said 20 corpses, including five decapitated corpses, were discovered on Monday in the city of Culiacan, prudent Culiacan.

Four decapitated corpses were found suspended from a road bridge leading to the city. The heads of the bodies were discovered nearby in a plastic bag, the authorities said, according to the Associated Press.

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On the same day, 16 additional corpses with ball wounds were found filled in a white van on the same highway. In addition to the corpses – one of which had also been beheaded – the authorities have found an apparently note of one of the cartel groups. The content of this note was not immediately disclosed, reported at.

Soldiers of the National Guard patrolled the streets of Culiacan, Mexico, October 14, 2024. (Photo ap)

Culiacan, which has about a million residents and is the capital of the state of Sinaloa in western Mexico, was formulated by a war for control between two rival drug trafficking groups of the Sinaloa – Los Chapitos and Mayiza cartel.

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Mexican authorities condemned deadly acts on Monday. However, many residents of Sinaloa say that the authorities no longer have control of violence, according to AP.

A member of the Mexican army guarded in the region where two members of a Sinaloa cartel faction were detained in Culiacan, Mexico, February 19, 2025. (Reuters / Jesus bustamante)

“Military and police forces are working together to restore total peace in Sinaloa,” Sinaloa government spokesperson.

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Last month, the United States imposed sanctions in Los Chapitos and appointed it a specially designated global terrorist. In a statement at the time, the US Treasury Department said that the group facilitated production and traffic in fentanyl.

A view of the drone shows people during a walk to make the press the authorities to tackle the climbing of regional violence linked to drugs in Culiacan, Mexico, January 26, 2025. (Reuters / Jose Betanzos)

“Los Chapitos is a powerful and hyperviolent faction of the Sinaloa cartel at the forefront of fentanyl traffic in the United States,” said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent last month. “In the Treasury Department, we execute President Trump’s mandate to completely eliminate drug cartels and face violent leaders like” El Chapo “children”.

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Armed men linked to the Sinaloa cartel were also involved in October 18, 2024, killing the American veteran Nicholas Quets in Sonora, Mexico.

The Office of the Sinaloa State Attorney General did not immediately respond to the request for comments from Fox News Digital.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.