Sinaloa

PRI deputy Paola Gárate questioned the National Defense Secretariat for not granting her protection despite received threats, including a funeral wreath and a gunpoint incident last October.

May 30, 2026 Ti AI ṣe iroyin

Marco Antonio Almanza, former head of the Sinaloa Investigative Police, denied in a video that he surrendered to US authorities and confirmed he remains in Culiacán.

Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch pledged full federal backing to new interim Sinaloa Governor Yeraldine Bonilla on May 4, amid ongoing fallout from US accusations against Rubén Rocha Moya for Sinaloa Cartel ties. Over 13,300 personnel remain deployed, with a 44% drop in homicides reported. President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed Rocha's Guardia Nacional protection.

May 02, 2026 Ti AI ṣe iroyin

Sinaloa's Congress approved on Saturday a 30-day temporary leave requested by Governor Rubén Rocha Moya, following US accusations of ties to the Sinaloa Cartel. It appointed Secretary of Government Yeraldine Bonilla Valverde as interim governor. Rocha denied the charges and stated he has a clear conscience.

Authorities recovered the body of Leandro Isidro Beltrán Reséndiz, the last of four miners trapped in the March 25 tailings dam collapse at Sinaloa's Santa Fe mine in El Rosario. Found dead after 33 days underground, his body was located early on April 27. Two miners—José Alejandro Cástulo Colín and Francisco Zapata Nájera—had been rescued alive earlier, while a third was found dead on April 8.

April 27, 2026 Ti AI ṣe iroyin

Actress and TV host Yolanda Andrade posted an Instagram video questioning authorities over disappearances in Mexico and demanding the reopening of a 1996 case in Sinaloa involving her half-brother. She urged President Claudia Sheinbaum to take action and called for citizen unity against the normalization of violence.