Overview
- Federal security chief Omar García Harfuch announced the roughly 900 million peso package on Monday to equip state and municipal forces in Sinaloa.
- The SSPC will provide about 200 vehicles including 90 pickups, 50 motorcycles, 30 Black Mamba armored units, 15 tactical trucks and drones plus radios for local police.
- Authorities plan a C4 Carretero federal command center to monitor the 250 km Culiacán–Mazatlán–Durango corridor with 240 smart monitoring points, 720 cameras and 30 plate‑reading arches and aim to have the system and equipment fully operating by mid‑December.
- Officials say sustained federal operations have produced more than 3,000 arrests, large drug and weapons seizures and the dismantling of about 2,600 labs since late 2024, but a 42% fall in daily homicides between June 2025 and August 2026 has been undermined by renewed violence in September–October 2026, especially in Mazatlán.
- About 22,667 military personnel and naval assets remain deployed in Sinaloa and the state’s interim governor, Graciela Domínguez Nava, acknowledged that peace has not yet been restored, leaving residents dependent on continued federal pressure and faster criminal investigations.