Browsing: Durango

In a brutal cartel video from Mazatlán, a captive identifies himself as Jesús Armando Chacón Patiño and claims he was sent by “El Payasín” for Mayito Flaco’s side. His statements, made under captivity, point to a failed push into the port and a public warning from Chapiza.

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.

A significant security operation is underway in Durango, with multiple units reported on the ground and in the air. Authorities have not confirmed the objective, and the scope of the operation remains unclear.

One flimsy FGR letter turned a Sinaloa kingpin’s safe house into a target. My sources say a senior woman inside Durango’s Fiscalía quietly handed over the address of la casa de los Remedios, home turf of Los Cabrera, just as their Mayo-aligned faction drifted from protected asset to collateral in the war with the Chapitos–CJNG FEU bloc.

From miles away, people saw the plume and felt the blast when a hidden bomb factory exploded on the eastern side of Durango city. Officially, everyone died. Unofficially, survivors were rushed to a guarded private hospital, a Colombian bomb specialist among them, while Cabrera’s people quietly emptied their stash sites.