Overview
- Video circulating on social media shows a drone dropping an explosive on property linked to Consuelo Loera in La Tuna, which officials say was part of overnight attacks that triggered temporary displacement.
- Governor Rubén Rocha said multiple drones and improvised explosives were seized in Badiraguato and confirmed a state and military deployment to contain the violence.
- Security sources report the offensive was carried out by the Los Mayitos faction aligned with Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada to pressure rivals known as Los Chapitos.
- Seven armed suspects were killed in a confrontation with interinstitutional forces near Tepuche and Culiacán, with military sources indicating the attackers used improvised explosive devices.
- A separate homemade bomb destroyed a business in Mazatlán and injured two people, which authorities are reviewing for possible links to the broader pattern of organized violence.