Authorities remove banner with threats in Culiacán
By Cartel Insider Wire Desk · Edited by Mica Treviño
Original reporting: Noticias PV
What happened
Authorities have not verified the message or its claimed authorship, NoticiasPV reported.
Reporting and context
Security authorities removed a banner carrying threats from a pedestrian bridge on Álvaro Obregón Avenue in Culiacán, Sinaloa, NoticiasPV reported. The outlet said the banner was found at about 6:30 a.m. in the Montebello area, near the intersection with México 68 Boulevard, after residents reported it through emergency lines.
According to the report, police removed the printed banner and turned it over to investigators. NoticiasPV said its text made accusations against an infantry lieutenant assigned to the 94th Infantry Battalion of Mexico's Defense Ministry, including claims about operations in Imala and Tepuche and alleged money deliveries.
The outlet reported that the message ended with threats and bore references to Iván Archivaldo Guzmán and the faction known as La Chapiza. Authorities had not verified the document's authenticity or confirmed that it was written by that group, the report said.
NoticiasPV cited the SSP, SEDENA and JLM Noticias. The accusations in the banner remain claims contained in an unverified message, not statements confirmed by authorities.