US EditionHieren a Dos Diputados en Un Ataque Con Armas De Fuego en Sinaloa, en El Noroeste De México
One lawmaker is in serious condition after surgery; the attack reflects ongoing cartel violence in Sinaloa following the capture of a cartel leader in 2024.
- On Wednesday afternoon, an armed attack in Culiacán wounded Sergio Torres Félix, Elizabeth Montoya Ojeda, and a bodyguard, who were taken to hospitals for medical treatment.
- Sinaloa has long been affected by cartel-related violence, particularly in Culiacán, intensifying after the July 2024 capture of Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada, providing context for the lawmakers' attack.
- Authorities later located a white Nissan Versa with bullet damage, and officials said initial indications point to the lawmakers' bodyguard returning fire and wounding a suspected attacker.
- Sinaloa Governor Rubén Rocha Moya said Sergio Torres Félix remains in serious condition and was undergoing surgery, while Elizabeth Montoya Ojeda is out of danger.
- So far investigators have not made arrests, and recovered evidence includes a white Nissan Versa linked to the shooting, highlighting ongoing security challenges amid Sinaloa's cartel-related conflict since July 2024.
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January 28, 2026 – Mexico City – EFE. The president of Sinaloa, Rubén Rocha Moya, announced the medical situation of the members of the Citizen Movement party who suffered an attack on Wednesday. He reported that Congressman Sergio Torres is in a rather delicate health condition and had to be surgically intervened in an emergency. On the other hand, official Elizabeth Montoya is out of any vital danger, although her recovery will require several…
Sergio Torres Félix, former mayor of Culiacán, deputy Elizabeth Montoya and an escort from the group (MC) were taken from emergency to private hospitals
Mexican deputies Sergio Torres Félix and Elizabeth Rafaela Montoya Ojeda, both from the Citizen Movement (MC), were shot this Wednesday by a group of armed men. The legislator is in serious condition in an operating room, while his pair recovered and is stable and out of danger.According to local media El Universal, the governor of Sinaloa, Rubén Rocha Moya, attended the hospital to which the parliamentarians were transferred. The official said …
The Mexican Security Cabinet announced that, in coordination with the Sinaloa authorities, the armed attack against the local deputies of the Citizens' Movement will be investigated.On the afternoon of Wednesday, January 28, in the vicinity of the Old Malecón on the Paseo Niños Heroes de Culiacán, Sergio Torres and Elizabeth Montoya were injured by the armed attack on their vehicle.The Security Cabinet joins in investigating the armed attack aga…
Elizabeth Montoya and Sergio Torres, two local deputies of the Citizens' Movement party, were injured this Wednesday following an armed attack in Culiacán, capital of the state of Sinaloa, in northwestern Mexico, according to reports from federal authorities and...
Hieren a dos diputados en un ataque con armas de fuego en Sinaloa, en el noroeste de México
Por Mauricio Torres, CNN en Español Elizabeth Montoya y Sergio Torres, dos diputados locales del partido Movimiento Ciudadano, resultaron heridos este miércoles tras un ataque armado en Culiacán, capital del estado de Sinaloa, en el noroeste de México, de acuerdo con reportes de autoridades federales y estatales. La Fiscalía de Sinaloa dijo en X que la agresión con arma de fuego ocurrió alrededor del mediodía y en total dejó tres heridos: los le…
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