Overview

• Two Culiacán commanders were killed in ambushes less than 36 hours apart, bringing the death toll among Sinaloa police to 45 in an escalating cartel conflict.
• Federal forces in Aguililla engaged armed suspects during a patrol, killing two alleged cartel members and seizing vehicles, tactical gear and high-caliber firearms.
• A 13-year-old girl in Coronel Juan Solá remains in critical care after receiving eight stab wounds while shielding her mother from her ex-partner’s attack.
• A high-speed motorcycle chase in Tijuana ended when the rider crashed into a police patrol, killing two occupants, and in Lagunillas an ambulance rear-ended a water tanker, killing the driver and a patient.
• Law enforcement operations have resulted in the arrest of 'El Mordi,' suspected head of a Buenos Aires drug-dealing gang, and of a 31-year-old homicide suspect in Frontera, as authorities intensify security efforts.