Author’s Note: This feature contains references to graphic cartel violence and images from the scene. Viewer discretion is strongly advised. Some photographs may be disturbing to sensitive readers. Proceed with awareness.
On June 30, 2025, Sinaloa woke up to the kind of narco-spectacle meant to dominate headlines and drown nuance: four bodies hanging upside down from a bridge, their heads missing, and sixteen more packed into a van nearby like discarded meat. The banner said “Chapitos.” The internet did the rest.
But here’s what they’re not telling you: those 20 weren’t active members of the Chapitos faction.
And repeating that line is playing right into a misinformation campaign—one likely designed to rewrite what really happened that night in Culiacán.
The Illusion of Certainty
The moment the photos dropped, the headlines practically wrote themselves: 20 Chapitos Executed by MF.
Every narco-meme page echoed it. Every comment section ran wild. It became the story before the blood even dried.
But from where I’m sitting, the math doesn’t add up.
Were They Even Active Chapitos?
Here’s what I’m hearing—and it’s not coming from some Twitter account with a ski mask logo.
The 20 weren’t active Chapitos. They were flipped—former Chapitos who had joined the Mayiza side and were allegedly trying to find a way back. That’s a different story entirely. That’s not a cartel battle—it’s a reckoning. An internal purge dressed up as a trophy kill.
Ask yourself this:
- If it was a firefight, where’s the scene?
- Where are the vehicles the 20 supposedly showed up in?
- Why were they tied up?
You don’t bind people mid-gunfight. You do that when the outcome’s already decided.
No Shootout, No Convoy, No Resistance
There’s been no official report of an exchange of fire. No blown-out trucks. No burned vehicles left behind. Just bodies—bound, dumped, and posed.
And they didn’t walk there.
So again, who brought them? And why does no one want to talk about that?
A Message for the Inside, Sold to the Outside
This wasn’t a warning to Chapitos.
It was a warning to Mayiza’s own people: this is what happens when you even think about turning back.
The label was just good marketing.
The real target was internal.
And now a lie is traveling the country, passed off as fact.
Beneath the Surface
This is how misinformation spreads in a war like this—quick, clean, and useful.
They needed people to believe the MF are advancing. They needed to make it look like a win.
So they killed the defectors, dropped the bodies, slapped “Chapitos” on the package, and let the narco pages do the rest.
You can believe the banner if you want.
But the truth? The truth was tied up and dumped under a bridge.
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28 Comments
Mica I give you shit about being biased towards Chapitos. Good job on this one.
Thanks for reading.
Chapulineando has its it’s consequences
Your Reddit fan club will be going crazy soon. Cheers
Ocran exposed your pseudo journalism/narco profiling. I bet you won’t put this comment up, you need to gate keep the narrative. Unsuspend your X.
I have nothing to hide. I’m middle-aged, live in Houston, and my hobby is researching Mexican drug cartels. I used to write for Borderland Beat but walked away and built Cartel Insider from scratch—on my own terms. I’ve spent enough time and money doing this that I incorporated. I understand liability and taxes. If I were getting paid by a cartel, the FBI and IRS would know. And they do know who I am—especially after that last trip.
The idea that Mayiza tracked me is pure fantasy. There’s only one decent hotel in the capital—guessing where I stayed isn’t some kind of tactical intel. I haven’t said who I met, and I won’t. Not even my buddy Camilio knows. I’ve made it clear: I don’t think Mayito Flaco will win. You can disagree, but that doesn’t make me a criminal. That’s why I can show my face, speak on camera, and cross the border without any issue.
Cartel Insider is gaining traction, and Ocran wants in. He’s a budget lucha libre character—mask on, selling subscriptions under my name and popularity. That’s the whole act.
No more talk of Ocran, until he addresses me directly—no mask.
That old account? Permanently suspended because “people” organized and complained about the graphics. I broke the rules. Now every post is flagged as sensitive or violent.
That’s fine.
I’m still here.
The work continues.
How’ that for controlling the narrative?
Ocran can suck a dick!
Mica I followed you on the other site. Keep doing your thing.
🫡
Great article. You know, the battle between La Mayiza and Los Chapos isn’t just on the battlefield, it’s also on social media. But La Mayiza has a huge following, and I also read about drug trafficking in Mexico, so I’m glad you’re back.
I LOVE SEEING THINGS FROM BOTH SIDES, NOT JUST ONE! 👍
Mica , have you seen the alleged comunicado from Ivan on the recent event ? – what are your thoughts is it authentic and actually from Ivan ?
They sent it to me last night, but I only skimmed it. Since I liked your previous comment, I just followed up—and it’s 100% authentic.
Now I’m going to try to get the backstory tonight before I say anything more.
Wow the Mayatiza has struck again. Well I heard it he was gonna kill gente de Ivan after he used them. Great post Mica love your work keep it up.
Thank you!
Great article. You know, the battle between La Mayiza and Los Chapos isn’t just on the battlefield, it’s also on social media. But La Mayiza has a huge following, and I also read about drug trafficking in Mexico, so I’m glad you’re back.
I LOVE SEEING THINGS FROM BOTH SIDES, NOT JUST ONE! 👍
Thank you for noticing.
so they took them out like los tlacos did to la bandera…aint no honor in a game of snitches and low iq’s.
saludos mica muy buen contenido aqui andaremos vistando tu pagina diariamente.
no todos dicen la verdad y solo cuentan las ganadas las perdidas y corrientadas esas si no te las van a contar ellos. hablo de ambos lados pero en si los del sombrero son los que mas mentiras echan.
So, do I have this right?
You are saying that the 20 bodies are not Chapitos, but rather Mayitos who are suspected of wanting to desert?
Therefore, this was a message to potential deserters…”dont!”
But they tried to make it look like the dead were Chapitos?
Also, how does this relate to the two kids who got caught up when their bosses switched sides…or does it?
Just trying to keep up
🙂
No problem. Honestly, it reads more like a telenovela than a real war update.
The 20 dead? They started with CH, flipped to Mayiza, and somewhere along the way tried to sneak back to the other side. Maybe they were disgruntled. Maybe promises weren’t kept. Whatever the reason, they were quietly trying to renegotiate with CH—and Mayiza found out.
That message left at the scene? It mentions rats. But here’s the thing: Mayiza doesn’t call their enemies rats. That word was meant for their own people. It was a warning, loud and clear: betray us, and this is your fate.
If this were just about removing threats, they could’ve been disappeared in silence. But no—they were displayed. Hung. Dumped. Publicly exposed. Because this wasn’t just a hit. It was a statement.
Mica Treviño…
Que opinas respecto a Anabel Hernández, ya que desde mi punto de vista dejo de ser creíble todo lo que opina y escribe, ya que en un principio hablaba del Chapo como el mayor criminal de Mexico y el mundo y como la cabeza del CDS y una ves que lo capturaron por tercera ves y lo extraditaron ahora dice que solo es un pobre diablo y que solo fue un empleado mas del MZ.
Me mandó un correo buena onda y hasta me mencionó, así que claro—la neta le tengo cariño.
Pero hay que decirlo: Anabel vale lo que valen sus fuentes. Y en este rollo, cada quien trae su versión de la verdad. Unos tiran paro al Chapo, otros al Mayo. Y muchos, la neta, puro cuento.
Nomás ve a todos los pendejos que se tragaron la versión del Mini Lic como si fuera palabra sagrada. Un chiste total.
Hay que ser claros—El Chapo y El Mayo sí fueron la mera verga en su momento. Eso no se discute. Pero cómo se cuenta la historia… depende de quién la está soplando.
This was good. Who pointed this out to you? You are biased towards chapitos mica, but you’re upfront about it. I don’t like it, but I can respect that. I don’t always agree with you, but I respect your talent.
Thanks for reading!
Honestly I agree at this point Chapitos are definitely the lesser of two evils. Mayiza has just rubbed me the wrong way from the very beginning.
When the Chapitos told me they control Culiacán, I didn’t just take their word for it—I asked questions. They provided escorts so I could see it firsthand: the burned restaurants, the bullet-riddled homes, the destroyed businesses. They let me step out, take pictures, and examine the damage for myself.
One moment stayed with me—standing in front of the parking lot memorial for Édgar Guzmán, where a bomb had permanently scarred the ground. That image said everything.
They told me Mayiza enters Culiacán not to fight, but to terrorize. I asked why—because it didn’t make sense at first. The answer was tactical: they heat up the plaza. Cause chaos, then disappear. The goal is to draw in the military after they’re long gone.
I was also told Iván Archivaldo doesn’t want his people retaliating unless absolutely necessary. The serious crimes making headlines in the city? More often than not, they’re MF’s doing. It defies logic to think Chapiza would deliberately destabilize their own stronghold.
I came to one conclusion: only Iván can keep the capital in check. He’s told me directly—he’s not pretending to be a saint. He’s not some white dove. He is who he is. But he’s not MF. And when it comes to keeping peace in Culiacán, he’s the better choice.
You say Ivan told you directly? Keep up the great work. I don’t think you’re bias.
I can’t get into the details right now—I don’t want to screw anything up. But just know this: I’ve got the receipts.
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