Particle.news
Download on the App Store

Federal Forces Repel Ambush in Sinaloa, Kill 13 and Free 9 Kidnapped Victims

The confrontation reflects an expanded federal campaign in Sinaloa during a year of sharply rising violence.

Overview

  • Security cabinet personnel on patrol were ambushed around 12:45 p.m. in La Brecha, Guasave by gunmen hiding under a bridge, and the forces returned fire.
  • Officials reported 13 alleged attackers dead, four suspects detained, and no federal casualties at the scene.
  • Seven vehicles, long guns and tactical equipment were seized and turned over to the Federal Attorney General’s Office for forensic processing and investigation.
  • Investigative sources dispute local rumors that Fausto Isidro “El Chapo Isidro” was captured during the operation, saying the claim is unverified or false.
  • The clash follows recent actions including the shutdown of a Culiacán synthetic drug lab and border seizures in Sonora, as official data mark 2025 as Sinaloa’s most violent year in a decade.