The Governor Of Sinaloa Attributes The Massive Levanton In Culiacan To A Looting Problem.

Mica for cartelinsider.com

More than a week after a “mass kidnapping” was reported in Culiacán – in which 66 people were abducted – the governor of Sinaloa, Rubén Rocha Moya, stated that these events could be attributed to a problem of “looting”.

At his weekly conference, Rocha Moya was questioned about the reasons that led to 66 people (including 22 minors) being removed from their homes on March 22 and 23. Although the state leader indicated that there is currently no certainty about the causes, he mentioned a possible robbery.

“We do not know (the reasons), except for what is derived from an interpretation: that they had problems of plunder among themselves. What you can presume is that at some point they had contact and that contact was conflicting. They mainly talk about the issue of theft,” said Rocha Moya on Monday morning.

That version was backed by Gerardo Mérida Sánchez, head of the Ministry of Public Security, who confirmed in the press conference that there are still eight people (five men and three women) to be located.

“That issue, whether believed or considered, was the reason that caused the 66 people who left their homes to be deprived of their freedom. A supposition that there was, as the governor says, looting, an extraction of cash,” the secretary emphasized.

Due to the lack of details about the alleged act of looting and theft of cash, it is unknown what prompted the massive abduction in Culiacán.

One day before the 66 people were arrested, three bodies were found in the Sierra de Badiraguato, along with a narcomessage claiming that the executions were carried out by Aureliano Guzmán Loera’s hitmen, known as ‘El Guano’. Aureliano is the brother of Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán and leads a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel.

According to reports from Ríodoce, the victims were alleged members of Los Chapitos (sons of ‘El Chapo’ who have a dispute with their uncle Aureliano). The executions would have been in retaliation for a cattle head theft suffered by ‘El Guano’. It is presumed that these murders were the precedent for the “mass kidnapping” in Culiacán.

However, the authorities have not confirmed the connection between both events and whether the deprivation of liberty that occurred a week ago is related to the reported cattle theft by the mentioned weekly.

After four days of the “massive abduction” (which was not a kidnapping because there was no demand for a ransom), several narcomantas were displayed in Culiacán, allegedly signed by Iván Archivaldo Guzmán, current leader of Los Chapitos.

In the messages, it was indicated that the deprivation of freedom was a response to a series of robberies, extortions, kidnappings, and floor collections that were being committed in the city. In that sense, a “war” between Los Chapitos and their uncle ‘El Guano’ was ruled out.

Regarding the eight people who have not yet been located, the Secretary of Security reported that last Saturday an operation was carried out in the community of El Tamarindo, where the victims could be. However, no positive results were obtained in the search.

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