In a grim month, drug violence leaves 200 dead and 234 missing in Mexican state World News

An analysis by Revista Espejo of hundreds of statements from the prosecutor’s office, the Interior Ministry and the local press shows the deadly outcome of the clashes between two criminal groups. The violence began in early September following the capture of Sinaloa Cartel co-founder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada.

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The lack of security underscores one of the biggest challenges for President Claudia Sheinbaum, who took office on October 1. The president and her security minister, Omar Garcia Harfuch, announced on Tuesday the government’s security plan, which includes the creation of an intelligence unit to combat senior security forces. crime states and reduce the nearly 200,000 murders committed during the previous administration.

Since the clashes began in Sinaloa, several semi-trucks and buses belonging to criminal groups have been seized and burned in various parts of Culiacán and on surrounding highways. Earlier on Friday, five more people were killed in Culiacan, while robberies of businesses and vandalism against buildings such as banks were reported in various parts of the city, local newspaper Reforma reported.

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