Sinaloa
State of Mexico
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| August 2025 | Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada publicly acknowledged the Sinaloa Cartel's established relationships with Colombian cocaine producers and their method of importing cocaine to Mexico via boat and plane. |
| August 2025 | Former El Chapo lieutenant Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal court in Brooklyn, providing details about the cartel's long history of paying bribes to Mexican police and military commanders. |
| 2025 | Pety Vianey Juárez Elizalde from Angostura is selected as the Mexicana Universal Sinaloa titleholder, having previously competed in Miss Teen Americas 2015 and won local titles like Reina de Reinas Sinaloa 2015 and Reina del Carnaval Angostura 2015 |
| 2024 | The election of Mexicana Universal Sinaloa state queens was postponed for one year due to changes in the national pageant dates |
| October 28 2024 | A small plane reportedly linked to Los Chapitos dropped four bombs on Vascogil, Durango, a stronghold of the Cabrera Sarabia Organization, allies of La Mayiza. |
| October 26 2024 | A cooler with a decapitated head, allegedly of a Los Chapitos member, was found with a threatening message directed at the group. |
| October 21 2024 | Mexican forces engaged in a deadly confrontation, killing 19 cartel members and capturing 'El Max', a high-ranking member of La Mayiza faction. |
| October 17 2024 | Gunfire erupted outside the headquarters of the newspaper El Debate in Culiacán when an individual opened fire from a vehicle. |
| October 2 2024 | President Claudia Sheinbaum replaced Jesús Leana Ojeda with Guillermo Briseño Lobera as commander of the Third Military Region. |
| September 30 2024 | Local police in Culiacán were removed from active duty after the Mexican Army seized their firearms to inspect permits. The death toll from the conflict reached 118 by this date. |
| September 19 2024 | President Andrés Manuel López Obrador called on criminal groups to act responsibly and cease hostilities, attributing the instability to the U.S. agreement resulting in Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada's arrest. |
| September 16 2024 | General Jesús Leana Ojeda, commander of the Third Military Region, stated that state security depends on rival groups stopping their confrontations. |
| September 9 2024 | A violent conflict erupted between two primary factions of the Sinaloa Cartel—Los Chapitos and La Mayiza—in Culiacán, Sinaloa, which subsequently spread to other municipalities in the state. The conflict was triggered by the capture of two key cartel leaders: Joaquín Guzmán López and Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada. |
| September 9 2024 | A Mexican Army convoy encountered armed civilians in La Campiña, Culiacán, leading to a shootout that killed a sergeant. Widespread violence erupted across Sinaloa, with clashes in multiple neighborhoods and municipalities. Gunmen briefly boarded a public bus, and authorities seized armored vehicles, firearms, and tactical equipment. |
| August 10 2024 | Zambada publicly claimed through his attorney, Frank Pérez, that he was ambushed and kidnapped by Guzmán López and handed over to U.S. authorities. He alleged he was lured to a meeting about resolving political disputes and was subsequently attacked, bound, and forcibly transported to an airstrip for arrest. |
| August 9 2024 | U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar revealed that Zambada was forcibly taken to the U.S. against his will, while Guzmán López surrendered voluntarily, suggesting a potential betrayal. |
| July 25 2024 | The United States Department of Justice announced the arrest of Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada and Joaquín Guzmán López in El Paso, Texas. The Mexican government claimed no involvement in Zambada's capture. |
| January 2024 | Sebastián Abreu was appointed as the head coach of Dorados de Sinaloa, taking over from Rafael García. |
| 2023 | Libia Zulema Gavica Farriols from Mazatlán was selected as the Mexicana Universal Sinaloa titleholder, with a notable family pageant history including her grandmother being Señorita México 1970 and Reina del Carnaval de Mazatlán 1970 |
| September 15 2023 | Ovidio Guzmán was extradited to the United States. |
| January 2023 | Former Mexican Secretary of Public Security Genaro Garcia Luna was convicted for accepting millions of dollars in bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel in exchange for using his public official resources. |
| January 5 2023 | Mexican authorities conducted Operation Moongose Azteca in Culiacán, successfully recapturing Ovidio Guzmán López after a brief confrontation with his bodyguards. The operation was a collaborative effort involving multiple security agencies that had been planned since late 2021. |
| June 2022 | San Diego becomes reported as the 'epicenter for fentanyl trafficking in America' due to the Sinaloa Cartel's extensive drug smuggling operations across the U.S.-Mexico border. |
| August 2021 | A multi-ton cocaine shipment was seized off the coast of Ecuador, leading to a series of killings in the aftermath. |
| July 2021 | Los Angeles County conducted its largest marijuana bust, dismantling 70 to 80 'hoop house' style greenhouses in the open desert and recovering thousands of pounds of marijuana grown using water diverted from local farms. |
| 2020 | In Guanajuato, methamphetamine usage dramatically increased to almost 50% of drug users, representing a 2,400% increase from 2010. |
| 2020 | The state contest was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| December 28 2020 | Jorge Luis Zambrano González (alias Rasquiña), leader of The Choneros gang, was assassinated in a shopping mall cafeteria in Manta, Ecuador, marking a significant moment in the criminal landscape. |
| June 24 2020 | Ismael Zambada was revealed to be sick with diabetes, which increased the influence of El Chapo's sons in the Sinaloa Cartel. |
| 2019 | The CDC recorded 16,167 methamphetamine overdose deaths in the U.S., a significant increase from 3,627 deaths in 2013. The DEA became particularly interested after 52 lethal overdoses occurred in New Hampshire. |
| 2019 | DEA report estimates that each fentanyl pill costs only $1 to produce and can be resold in the U.S. for at least 10 times as much, highlighting the Sinaloa Cartel's extremely profitable synthetic drug manufacturing strategy. |
| 2019 | During Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman's U.S. trial, a witness testified that former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto accepted a $100 million bribe from El Chapo. |
| October 17 2019 | Ovidio Guzmán López ('El Ratón') was arrested by Mexican Armed Forces in Culiacán, sparking a massive violent response known as the 'Culiacanazo', which ultimately led to his release by the government to prevent further bloodshed. |
| July 4 2019 | Juan Ulises Galván Carmona (alias 'El Buda'), leader of the Sinaloa Cartel's drug trafficking activities from Central and South America, was killed by two hit men in a convenience store in Chetumal, Quintana Roo. |
| June 2019 | Diego Maradona concluded his tenure as head coach of Dorados de Sinaloa. |
| 2017 | Denisse Franco won the Nuestra Belleza México national pageant, representing Sinaloa. |
| 2016 | Dorados de Sinaloa won the Apertura 2016 title in the Primera División A/Ascenso MX league. |
| January 8 2016 | Joaquín Guzmán Loera was captured again during a raid on a home in Los Mochis, Sinaloa. |
| 2015 | Songs 'El Chapo' by The Game featuring Skrillex and by Casino, Future, and Young Scooter were released, referencing Joaquín Guzmán. |
| 2015 | Guzmán reached out to Kate del Castillo after his prison escape, allegedly seeking to collaborate on a film about his life. |
| 2015 | The Sinaloa Cartel expanded operations to the Netherlands, convincing local drug manufacturing groups to shift from MDMA to methamphetamine production due to higher potential profits. |
| 2015 | Dorados de Sinaloa won the Clausura 2015 title in the Primera División A/Ascenso MX league and were named Campeón de Ascenso for the second time. |
| October 2015 | Guzmán met with Sean Penn and Kate del Castillo, which reportedly helped authorities locate him in the Sierra Madre mountains near Tamazula, Durango. |
| July 11 2015 | Joaquín Guzmán Loera escaped from the Federal Social Readaption Center No. 1, a maximum-security prison in the State of Mexico, through a tunnel in his prison cell. |
| 2014 | Guzmán's lawyers first approached Kate del Castillo following her open letter. |
| February 22 2014 | Joaquín Guzmán Loera was captured overnight by American and Mexican authorities. |
| 2013 | The Chicago Crime Commission named Joaquin 'Chapo' Guzmán 'Public Enemy No. 1', making him the only individual to receive this title since Al Capone. |
| 2013 | The Sinaloa Cartel began operations in the Philippines as a drug trans-shipment point, confirmed by Philippine authorities and President Rodrigo Duterte. |
| 2012 | Kate del Castillo published an open letter to Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, expressing sympathy and requesting him to 'traffic in love' instead of drugs. |
| 2012 | Dorados de Sinaloa won the Apertura 2012 Copa MX title. |
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