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Mexico to Train 150 Sinaloa State Police Under Army Supervision

The program seeks to professionalize local forces through military-led instruction backed by new patrol vehicles following extensive meth lab raids that have driven down daily homicides.

Patrullas entregadas a la Policía de Sinaloa.
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Overview

  • Federal authorities and Sedena signed a collaboration with Sinaloa officials to recruit and train 150 new state police officers under a six-month military-supervised curriculum.
  • Sources report delivery of between 100 and 110 new patrol vehicles for Culiacán to reinforce local police presence, reflecting minor discrepancies in official counts.
  • The Navy has dismantled 105 clandestine methamphetamine laboratories in coordinated raids across the state.
  • Recent operations yielded dozens of high-impact arrests, the seizure of 117 firearms and over half a ton of narcotics, along with large quantities of chemicals and ammunition.
  • Officials credit these measures with reducing Sinaloa’s daily homicide average from 5.9 to 3.6 victims over the past weeks.