Mexican troops shot dead 19 suspected members of the Sinaloa cartel after they came under attack in the northwestern state, the ministry of defense said Tuesday.
Military personnel were attacked on Monday by more than 30 people near the state capital Culiacan, and the ensuing firefight left 19 cartel members dead, the ministry said in a statement.
Sinaloa has seen a surge in violence since the July arrest of the cartel’s co-founder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada in the United States.
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The ministry of defense said the cartel members killed on Monday were presumed to be linked to Zambada’s faction.
No mention of any casualties on the side of the military? Hmm
According to coverage from ABC, there weren’t any:
Mexican army troops have killed 19 suspected drug cartel gunmen in a shootout and suffered no casualties, the Defense Department said.
That’s either incredible luck, incredible incompetence on behalf of the sicarios, or something fishy is going on. Thanks for digging deeper!
Or you know actual trained soldiers tend to fight more effectively than random cartel thugs.
