Marina Takes Down “Pichón,” Key Operator in the Chapo Isidro Network

The Navy delivered a significant blow this weekend to one of the splinter factions tied to Chapo Isidro. Pedro Inzunza Coronel — better known as “Pichón” — was killed during an operation led directly by La Marina, targeting a synthetic-drug structure operating quietly along the rural belt of Sinaloa.

According to high-level security officials, two additional members of the same cell were detained after La Marina carried out searches on several properties and small laboratories. All three belonged to a faction historically aligned with Chapo Isidro — a group that has maintained operations on the edge of larger cartel disputes.

Navy Secretary Raymundo Pedro Morales described the strike as a logistical severing:

a disruption of the supply chain that fed criminal networks in multiple states. Pichón, he explained, functioned as a second-tier operator inside the Isidro structure, tied for years to synthetic-drug production in areas where the business still runs with quiet consistency.

Officials highlighted the broader impact. Removing even one of these operational nodes — especially one linked to a fugitive still wanted by the FBI — slows the regional production of synthetics, including fentanilo and its derivatives.

Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch added that the operation also identified properties where authorities secured vehicles, drugs, and chemical precursors — the materials that keep small clandestine labs active. Pichón was killed after initiating an armed attack against the Marina personnel conducting the mission.

Authorities also confirmed that Sagitario, the son of Pedro Inzunza Noriega, remains wanted in the United States by the Southern District of California for conspiracy related to cocaine and fentanilo trafficking.

A quiet but meaningful strike against a network that rarely appears in headlines — but continues to fuel the wider conflict.