Mexican drug cartel stronghold rattled by shootings, roadblocks

Military members attacked, roads blocked with burning vehicles in Mexican cartel stronghold

There have been fears that wider violence might break out following recent detentions of top Sinaloa cartel leaders in the U.S.

Mexican drug cartel stronghold rattled by shootings, roadblocks

CULIACÁN, Mexico — Gunfire, roadblocks, and arson shook a Mexican city that is home to one of the country’s most powerful drug cartels, authorities and local media said. Vehicles were set on fire Thursday in Culiacan, capital of the northwestern state of Sinaloa – the bastion of jailed drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and his sons. Gunmen attacked a military patrol on the outskirts of the city, the Sinaloa state security secretariat report…

Mexico drug cartel stronghold Sinaloa rocked by shootings, arson

Renewed violence follows US arrests of drug lords Joaquin Guzman Lopez and Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada.

Soldiers of the Mexican army were attacked north of Culiacán, the capital of the state of Sinaloa, and the perpetrators blocked the roads with vehicles set on fire. This state is home to one of the world's most influential criminal gangs, the infamous Sinaloa Cartel, which until July was led by the sons of imprisoned Mexican drug lord Joaquín Guzmán, known as El Chapo (The Big Guy). The police said that the exact reasons for the attack are still…

Members of the Sinaloa cartel attacked the Mexican army - The violence could spread throughout the state.