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Culiacán, Sinaloa-A total of 18 intentional homicides, five vehicle thefts, four people dead in traffic accidents, and three robberies at business premises was the balance left post Christmas in Sinaloa. At least eight of the murders are related to each other, and according to the preliminary investigations were related to rivalries between organized crime groups.
Gerardo Vargas Landeros, Secretary General of Government described these events as "painful facts" and recognized that the reported killings were due to "criminal rivalries"
Events
The Attorney-General of Justice, Marco Antonio Higuera Gomez, acknowledged that intentional homicides have increased compared to last year, saying that there were five in the municipality of Mocorito, eight in Culiacán, two in the municipalities of San Ignacio and Guasave and one in Ahome.
Derived from the first research Attorney Higuera Gomez announced that the three killings the afternoon of Wednesday the 24th -close to the Colonia Campiña- and the five in Mocorito, are related and are derived from a dispute between two criminal groups for control of the area of the sierra for their criminal activities.
He said that the five victims found in the municipality of Mocorito, had previously been kidnapped from the community of Los Sitios, in the municipality of Badiraguato.
Being questioned about the alleged death of a member of the criminal group Los Antrax and the presence of Iván Archivaldo Guzmán in a nightclub incident, the state prosecutor said that the person killed in the Colonia Colinas de San Miguel, has not been officially identified and that his prior activities are unknown.
The events at dawn on Friday at a bar, said at this time those involved had not been identified as of yet. The event began as an argument that ended with a wounded person and one dead, the first shot to death and the second from a road incident. (it does not elaborate, possibly forcibly ran off the road)
The events at dawn on Friday at a bar, said at this time those involved had not been identified as of yet. The event began as an argument that ended with a wounded person and one dead, the first shot to death and the second from a road incident. (it does not elaborate, possibly forcibly ran off the road)