Los Cabreras
A video and narcomanta geolocated near El Rosario, Sinaloa, appear to show Chapiza-aligned gunmen sending a warning to Mayito Flaco and Los Cabreras. The message, signed “80,” frames southern Sinaloa as off-limits and turns a roadside killing into a territorial announcement.
It’s been a difficult stretch for Mayito Flaco, and the pressure is no longer just external. A faction identifying itself as loyal to “El 71” and the “Old School 211” publicly breaks from the Mayito Flaco and Cabrera structure, accusing its leadership of abandoning past codes by engaging in extortion, kidnappings, and abuse against civilians.
Under a harsh light in the dirt, a young captive in a red shirt delivers a final message. Told what to say by the men behind the camera, he warns mothers in Durango not to let their sons enter this life. Promised twenty thousand a month, he now realizes what it cost him.
Los Cabreras struck a major blow to Mexico’s mining industry, seizing millions in gold, silver, and copper from Zacatecas’s Peñasquito Mine. The brazen heist, executed on a remote highway, underscores the cartel’s unchecked control and the escalating insecurity threatening Mexico’s economy and investor confidence in resource-rich regions.