Overview
- The state prosecutor’s office reported the killing of a woman estimated at 30 to 35 years old in Culiacán’s Felipe Ángeles neighborhood.
- Authorities said the case is being investigated as feminicide from the outset under applicable legal guidelines.
- Sinaloa documented 72 feminicides in 2025, an increase of nearly 150 percent that produced the highest rate per 100,000 residents in the state.
- The state registered 1,654 intentional homicides in 2025, the highest annual total in more than 13 years.
- January 3 saw six killings statewide, five in Culiacán, plus human remains found near Culiacancito, with reporters linking the broader surge in violence to clashes between groups known as the Chapitos and the Mayos.