Mexico’s city of Culiacán besieged by organised crime amid violence in Sinaloa state

On October 1, Claudia Sheinbaum took office as president of Mexico. She inherits a country where organised crime still rules in many regions; a deadly situation that her predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, failed to curb. More than 30,000 murders are still committed each year, and on average, 29 people disappear every day without a trace. The city of Culiacán, in the northwestern state of Sinaloa, has recently become the symbol of this violent epidemic. Our correspondents Laurence Cuvillier, Quentin Duval and Ed Augustin report.
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[@mason5540]

"Last week I covered about 50 murders", said the undertaker. Holy sh!t

[@cjshots6013]

15 he said. Not 50. 15 is still too much.

[@mason5540]

@@cjshots6013 I listened to it back several times. Still sounds like he said 50

[@cjshots6013]

@@mason5540 Yeah I turned the subtitles on and it says 15. More than likely it's 15 but wouldn't be surprised if it is 50.

[@Isaiaswolf66]

I thought he didn’t wrestle no more

[@TotesMAGoats69]

15

[@pevlez]

The head of the army said that it was up to the criminals to end the violence

[@mariovillicana6290]

He was relieved of his duties after saying that by the president

[@freespeech.7254]

​@@mariovillicana6290 not really, he was just moved to Mexico City

[@mariovillicana6290]

@freespeech.7254 yeah to do something else thats what i said

[@ely26]

​@@freespeech.7254 in the military losing leadership position can mean being relocated somewhere in the back doing paperwork.

[@freespeech.7254]

@@ely26 rules dont apply in Mexico🙄🤦‍♀️. Mexico is whatever goes, and it goes the way the cartels want. Cartel own Mexico dear.

[@ItsEricCastillo]

Wow what a way to put it. “Criminals are free, while we are imprisoned in our houses.” Crazy…

[@crisdlcruz145]

Only 3000 people have legal firearm ownership Let that sink in

[@1royathrone1]

Yes but literally everyone has guns and the authorities allow it as long as youre using it for self defense of your home. Its not like in the USA

[@danielcasillas1133]

Lol thank god mexico is a failed state ​@@1royathrone1

[@DarkOblideration]

Doubt that's stopping the cartels man. I wouldn't promote weapons of death as a solution ever.

[@O.G.MudBonez]

Like that would matter when you have a whole army of cartels at your front door.

[@Arizonacardinals480]

Ya but they sell it to the members or are a member lol

[@joemascone]

Hugs and kisses strategy really worked

[@mariovillicana6290]

@joemascone what the strategy really means is the we dont care what happens to the us with fentanil as long as there is peace in mexico and there was but then the us wasent happy and made a deal to capture el mayo

[@TR4R]

*hugs instead of shots...

[@ButterflyG673]

@@mariovillicana6290you don’t care jajaja México lives off the US🤭🤣

[@TaniaCastaneda1]

He had to go in to clean the government house before the outside because the true problem comes from the government.

[@alanmichelsandoval8768]

​@@mariovillicana6290not exactly, one thing is not focusing on Sinaloa, which used to be relatively non violent, but focusing on those from other regions, but he didn't give a damn because he thought that the guys from Sinaloa would take care of everything instead of having inside fights. Which was a dumb idea specially considering that the major heads were on jail. Obrador trusted too much on the sons of El Chapo, but the guys from Mayo now in detention can spill the beans on what kind of agreements they had with him, therefore putting the Morena government between the rock and the hard place.

[@mrsgandhi]

Unfortunately the locals citizens are the one that have to handle this terrible conditions. Any community with a drug lord suffers as they been capture everybody wants to control the territory.

[@stevenkanzler2319]

The local people support the cartels that’s the whole problem, if they wanted them in jail they would all be locked up but they don’t they all just want a piece of the pie

[@Escatlan66]

@@mrsgandhi And also some of the locals help the cartels to keep them alert when the government arrives,I mean they help each other.

[@malin7919]

Mexico needs to follow El Salvador to deal with cartels and gangs.

[@GreNasX3]

2 different situations

[@HushMoney-iy4ol]

Gangs and cartels are different cartels are more organized

[@arthurgaming125]

We already did that, but doesn't end very well 😅

[@yslxanubis4039]

El Salvador managed to do it because it’s the smallest country in Central America

[@GucciGavia209]

It only worked in El Salvador because they controlled the street Gangs. In Mexico, it’s CARTELS

[@velocirapture89]

AMLO and now Sheinbaum won't do a damn thing to stop it. The continued violence benefits their political campaigns.

[@caseclosed9342]

Sheinbaum is too busy taking pictures of her doing this 🫶 to take care of cartels…

[@Escatlan66]

@@velocirapture89 And the other (Prian)government didn’t do s…ht too,It was worse before.

[@yeewhiz]

And their pockets. They will move to Spain just like the other cowards once their terms are over.

[@Vans3151]

Ever since Sheinbaum took office, more people were getting killed and especially the politicians who doesn't kiss cartel were the prime target.

[@jonferace3693]

stf nigg4 you are a f junky, stop doing drugs and sending weapons to cartels btw your cities are full of drugged zombies white people and we are the problem

[@elikmr5978]

Obrador "hugs not bullets policy" took the country to hell on earth! What a shame...

[@TeKolotE_olverA]

😂 you're not Mexican, nor do you live here! That's why you'll never understand what he means

[@waterislife5109]

Sounds like the democrats here in the states.

[@joserobertoramirezarevalo4610]

Tell it that to 40 millón of tourist.

[@elikmr5978]

@@joserobertoramirezarevalo4610 tourism gives more money to the country, so you should be thankful

[@elikmr5978]

@@waterislife5109 well, him and the new one are leftoids actually

[@Cut_thepie]

Meanwhile, Mexico's president says Mexico is safer than US

[@CARLOSRUIZ-pe3mo]

here the killings are cartells vs cartells men vs men!! in you country are mass shootings of innocents!!

[@ltahoe9257]

It probably is, what Mex unalivss in 1 year, the US does a quick in one get go. Usually a mall or school

[@Cut_thepie]

@@ltahoe9257 stupidest comment ever.

[@kanyesouth523]

@@ltahoe9257 just insensitive

[@Gerardo-p2d]

I live in Coscomatepec, Veracruz, here is very safe, so is like everywhere, there is some places that are dangerous, just like in the US.

[@GodOfWar-l2w]

The murders were down because the cartels chilled for a day not because the cops did anything

[@chasemeeske7293]

The mexican people are the warmest and kindest of people. They don't deserve this

[@ButterflyG673]

So warm and kind they kill their own people 🤣

[@TruthTeller8888]

@@ButterflyG673 😅😅😅😅😅

[@CamoteTu]

😂 they voted for it

[@richardhidalgo4710]

@@ButterflyG673not Warner than the us people whom do the same but worst they do mass shootings

[@joserobertoramirezarevalo4610]

​@@ButterflyG673that sounds more like USA mister.

[@somebodywhocares9293]

Cartels are terrorist

[@TruthTeller8888]

@@somebodywhocares9293 they are even worst

[@themusers03]

Mexico needs a bukele for president.

[@homercorrea7940]

I agree with you 100%, but as long as the cartels remain strong and powerful, there will always be lawlessness and disorder. The reason corruption exists is because people get paid very little and cartels offer a lot of money.

[@WhateverIwannaupload]

the new female president will do just that.

[@neoreign]

small thinker

[@MonsterPig007]

Bukele is very smart, tore down the cartels and got away from the USD and IMF. He is creating El Salvador's destiny, rather than the one desired by the US or IMF.

[@WhateverIwannaupload]

@@MonsterPig007 who does she report to

[@Sen9393]

Its a failed state. What a shame

[@WinningJesse]

They need to build a supermax prison in Mexico 🇲🇽 throw 80 ppl in 1 jail cell

[@rudiruttger]

What an awful part of the planet.

[@luismiguelguzman6004]

THANKS TO THE USA!

[@Bryanriosmusic]

Thank the Good ol Boys from the USA that provided them with Drugs and weapons

[@rudiruttger]

@@luismiguelguzman6004 oh yes, it's always someone else's fault.

[@nicolasagreda5176]

​@@rudiruttger not entirely the usa's fault but being next to the biggest gun crazed country is unfortunate to say the least

[@fernandoortiz8875]

​@@rudiruttgernot entirely but sure some

[@Escatlan66]

USA needs to fix his drug addiction problems first and then the other.

[@JustMe-rq4qj]

They are selling on the streets of Mexico, they call it narco-menudeo, they also sell to Europe, Asia, and the rest of the world, it's not a USA problem, it's a world problem.

[@RichardHernandez-z7u]

Mexico send drugs and the U.S sends guns back to Mexico

[@kb3809]

Make no mistake this is past a drug addiction, this is an epidemic, more so chemical warfare.

[@ltx383]

That’s what you’re going to tell your family when they get slaughtered? It’s the USA addiction the cartel are not the problem lol. That’s what happens when you are used to stupidity.

[@ButterflyG673]

Where do you think the drugs come from???🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

[@priusgame1178]

"mexico is safer than the usa..." -all mexican govt officials lol

[@jesuschrist870]

Only solution I see at this point is to legalize all drugs .

[@TeKolotE_olverA]

😂😂😂 don't contradict each other! It's like saying that the US authorities 🇺🇸, can't capture those who receive the shipments that reach the streets where vulnerable people live!

[@happpYDogg9]

Where was this news when and still Tamaulipas became a warzone.

[@emmanuel5014]

Bcuz unfortunately no one cares abt taumalipas

[@33TRUTH13]

So who exactly is fighting? Who vs who? Isnt it the same cartel?! Its literally a civil dispute

[@bradleycosten7476]

Two factions of the Cinaloa cartel are at war. Basically the El Chapo loyalists against the Zimbada faction.

[@ErikRamos-p1o]

​@@bradleycosten7476Do you know we're I can sign up

[@AlacrandeGaryIndiana]

This is normal and glorified in culture and music.

[@Will-nn3pb]

Their Government is such a joke. They should really learn from what El Salvador has done

[@yisusmg7794]

El Salvador doesn't even have money to build public hospitals

[@hloz8187]

@@yisusmg7794you are a clown 😂.you obviously haven’t been paying attention.your just a hater that don’t even know what’s goin on and assumes.there 3 hospitals that are being built in rural areas as we speak what are you talking about.

[@richardhidalgo4710]

El Salvador deals with petty gang members these cartel organizations carry heavy machinery military grade weapons let that sink in

[@Bryanriosmusic]

The El Salvador Gangs didn’t have as much money and weapons as the Mexican Cartels

[@Venn922]

​@@yisusmg7794what's your point?

[@SplendidViews]

Mexico could be rich if it weren't so corrupt.

[@Pyrrhic537]

It's still rich GDP wise. And contary to what many believe illegal narcotics are probably less than 5% of it's economy.

[@cdbuiles]

very well spanish names pronuntiation by these France 24 reporters. bravo. should this be covered by U.S mainstream media those names would come as gibberish.

[@azulaquaza4916]

Wow so you mean how Mexicans butcher American names and companies all the time but Americans never complain cause we understand other cultures may not translate well because we speak different languages in the world you 🤡

[@averagejoegrows]

french learn spanish as their second language then go gentrify mexico, not cool at all actually.

[@Paccekabuddha]

not a single report tells how many of the losses were criminals, neither show families of those crying for their loss, yet i bet there are a few percentage of innocents

[@Innawor1d]

That city has been like that for ages, the residents think highly of these cartel guys

[@luisillolopez7992]

These types of of conflicts have been going on since the 70s here. it’s never going stop and it’s never going to change

[@josejimenaz]

I hope this low intensity conflict doesnt turn into high intensity conflict😢

[@OmegaRomik]

I’ll start caring about drugs in US when US start caring about selling there guns to southern criminals.

[@HighSpeedNoDrag]

The cartels acquire a majority of their weapons from Mexican Armed Forces Einstein.

[@shawnmichael6190]

A lot of their weaponry also comes from Columbia farc. Which originally was from Russia at some point

[@efrainp197]

As long as there is a demand for drugs in the USA its not going to stop

[@e.nichols5380]

When is everyone going to finally start holding the Mexican government accountable?

[@DovZeev]

Nope, that school never should have accepted supplies from a known drug gang. I don't care how I need they were

[@Nigguhh-uq5kb]

So much for the new “woman” ☕️ president

[@Pyrrhic537]

Why not? The money has already been made. Why not use the dirty money to do something good?

[@solesurvivor5]

Cause cartels always make their money back, those kids can be forcefully recluted in the future, also rival cartels can attack the school because of who their benefactors are

[@imatter4619]

My family is from a ranch close to El Salado and things were nothing like this 2 years ago when I spent 3 weeks in Culiacan

[@theseventhgeneration6910]

It would be so easy to ask the US for help but the payoff is too good and they haven't fulfilled their black market contracts with us.

[@ant3064]

Strength is needed not a bunch of empty words!

[@MasWilsonl]

I had to drive through Sinaloa last month and the fear was palpable. After Mazatlan the freeway was almost empty and even before Mazatlan a few of the toll plazas were unmanned. I later learned that said plazas had only recently been liberated after being taken over by the cartel. Suffice it to say I went 90-100 mph through most of the state wearing a hat and sunglasses to hide that I was a foreigner. Pretty sure this made me stick out more lol A huge shoutout (and a God bless) to the toll collectors, gas station attendants and convenience store workers who are risking their lives for the pittance they are most likely paid.

[@Rlf1221]

United States need to do something about its citizen’s demand of illegal drugs and have common gun laws so that guns don’t end up in cartels hands.

[@buzz5969]

They make their own guns now.

[@dneroaddiction]

3D print guns not ring a bell ?

[@nancypicchi9224]

Your’e delusional. The cartels have the money to buy their weapons from dealers around the world.

[@JohnFormanPA]

US citizens don’t have access to the military grade weaponry the cartel has

[@deadwingdomain]

Legalize it. Been saying it my whole life. War on Drugs has created this monster.

[@solesurvivor5]

The lady receiving the school supplies may not have realized that she was setting the kids up to be recluted in the future, either the cartels would claim ownership of them for taking the supplies or the kids would feel inspired to join them later on.

[@MR..2REAL]

SAD.....contract the U.S. military.....

[@spartan9757]

Did you not learn from Vietnam?

[@SammyHangDemonofDemons]

The Communist Party propaganda won that for the Communist.

[@CamoteTu]

​@@spartan9757of course, Mexico doesn't compare to Vietnam genius 😂

[@jordanmazone5078]

It’s hard when….

[@pstuddy]

i’m annoyed we’re attached to this dangerous country

[@brianschooley3833]

A weak former president

[@Impeccablestudios]

other countries falling apart yet still have time to talk about mexico.

[@Xavier-uknonada]

Seems more like unorganized crime.

[@HighSpeedNoDrag]

Raging Civil War period.

[@Sammyboy1335]

The Tesla robots will be perfect there

[@ernst91]

They'll blame America for it lol.

[@spartan9757]

How else do they get American 50 cals?

[@quissbird-10]

@@spartan9757 by mexican officials turning a blind eye/actively participating. it's a two way street

[@alvarobarrenechea1200]

@@quissbird-10 you are right, it is a two way street. Both governments need to work together to solve this crisis.

[@davidmoreno9302]

Just the weapons sold to cartels

[@YanilMiami305]

Just like America blames Mexico for fentanyl when it was The pharmaceutical companies in the U.S that got people addicted to fentanyl but of course they always blame someone else.

[@cherylspencer3662]

Coming to a neighborhood near you America.

[@David28311]

It’s already here the us gov is behind this

[@seamac7564]

lol, a MK19 grenade launcher on back of the truck during an investigation...

[@gamerpspc8421]

Don’t forget their own government allowed for this to happen.

[@AnotherMartinez]

Human rights Commission - thank you for this

[@edas1315]

They are always getting in the way of justice, protecting the criminals rather than the honest and rightgeous citizens... smh

[@alanmichelsandoval8768]

​@@edas1315pfff the person in charge of human rights in Mexico is herself a criminal and openly supports the current government, she would rather fight a reporter because he hurts the President's feelings instead of protecting the free speech of all mexicans

[@Jomster777]

Crime will be difficult to pin down if there are those who are corruptible on the inside of Law Enforcement.

[@fernandoq9334]

It'a not "score settling". Irresponsable reporting. It's a war.

[@josemosqueda3273]

He wasnt arrested he was kidnapped

[@MrKostkapotocki]

As a Polish and as a person who knows history i would advise you some kind of authoritarian rule for a couple of years, without democracy and with secret police and free education Mexico would be able to solve this problems.

[@MiguelDLewis]

Authoritarianism breeds corruption. El Salvador solved their problem without abandoning democracy.

[@mariovillicana6290]

We know how to solve it we just dont want to ask the president

[@ishrendon6435]

Btw you were just born in a lucky situation you didn't solve anything stop suggesting nonsense this is a lot hard to fix because of the huge drug market in the US

[@neoreign]

if you knew history polski, then you would know if they even DARED to do that, America would invade tomorrow!! YOU think in your polski brain that the USA would allow a dictatorship on their doorstep?🤣🤣

[@ernst91]

​@@ishrendon6435Blame yourselves for once.

[@angelavila9452]

It not only the us this just happend yesterday morning Investigation underway after human head found in box on Chicago's West Side

[@ishaq24722]

They need the army out full time fighting the cartels.

[@pocalypto]

Just a page in history

[@JamesCampos-n1c]

Yeah right! That president does nothing for the people.

[@910chinolas_]

Los Chapitos helped with the school but nobody talks about that

[@biffdanielson2820]

Failed state

[@yisusmg7794]

A failed state has no public universities, no public hospitals and no social assistance. In Mexico there is all that

[@Angelfeathere8w]

How does the cartel not have nuclear missiles where's all that money going?

[@Paul-pm7qj]

Military coup coming soon!

[@RanmaEX]

As usual water is wet

[@reload.8056]

France wants to talk about war and violence about another country 😂

[@PharaoahMonk]

maybe a solution would be for the government to stop taking dirty money from the dealers and to stop giving free passes? just saying. if animals run wild inside one's own back yard is not the fault of the animals, but the fault of the yard keeper.

[@2112CO]

Thanks to America's and Europe's drug habits.

[@DBoone123]

Tell that to the guys who introduced the drugs to the American market to fill their pockets. And then they give a million to the poor to convince them that they are the good guys.

[@ksi9297]

If obrador and sheinBUM were serious about making drastic changes they would put thier pride aside and accept help from other countries to benifit the mexican people.

[@whigparty333]

Funny how poverty follows one of the most money making businesses in the world. A small piece of lead costs .014$

[@mikemendoza89]

Greetings from El Salvador 🇸🇻

[@freddyk582]

I thought the hugs not guns policy was working.

[@DRESIERRA]

Claudia Sheinbaum 🤝 Kamala Harris

[@DogBoy-m7u]

Old news in Mexico dude

[@freddyk582]

They said rivals 😂😂😂they are fighting for power within the cartel.

[@lunabranwen]

Mexican army leadership is weak. They allow this to happen with little or no pushback

[@HighSpeedNoDrag]

Can you provide more effective leadership with PUSHBACK? Let us know.

[@HighSpeedNoDrag]

@@lunabranwen I merely asked a question and if you wish, I will delete the comment which is my policy given someone is offended. However,. Meixico is and has been in a CIVIL WAR (past 25 years plus) primarily in the northern provinces.

[@sheerwillsurvival2064]

They just hard working immigrants 😳

[@TruthTeller8888]

@@sheerwillsurvival2064 😅😅😅😅

[@Azjudo]

2nd amendment - problem solved.

[@WhateverIwannaupload]

well since the president of mexico is doing nothing, she will be the one who is honored to end this. her power will be known throughout the world and she will be another success story like in el salvador. if you thought el salvador was a miracle just wait here...

[@u2fkeys665]

She already said she's doing the same strategy the useless exiting president did. What are you talking about...

[@nancypicchi9224]

We can only hope.

[@TruthTeller8888]

@@WhateverIwannaupload English.??.

[@Guera214]

🙏💔😭

[@andrewe360]

Article 5

[@fullerbarnes587]

Herzog Station

[@user-jj1mg8yj5k]

The french and the frenchs

[@jamesh2459]

Door-to-door searching and identifying all men in the area.

[@neoreign]

small thinker

[@whatsaaappthesequel]

good luck doing that, only less than 2% of the mexican population are cartel members plus they dont have identifying tattoos like ms13 gang members do

[@edas1315]

They know who the big fish are and where they are hiding. Problem is many in the police departments and jurys are corrupt and sellouts for the cartels and ALSO CNDH, National commission for Human Rights always steps in the way of justice and cares more about the rights of Criminals than honest and innocent civilians.

[@AlanSito-md2ji]

There's probably a million men living in that area

[@hernandezgg8720]

But is possible

[@SarahRichardson-x2g]

Trump will deal with them

[@lorenzostefa1441]

Bad people. Bad country...🥶🥶🥶

[@Javierisnotatryhard]

And ur people smell like the bottom of my foot

[@DarkOblideration]

Huh??? The people and country is great it is the criminals who seek that lifestyle and adrenaline that are the problem

[@Sksk27547]

KULIAKAN is always keeping it active, as it should be. Snitches end up in ditches 😆 i am joking 😆 such a bad city that place is. I can see why people stay away from it.

[@bookertee3057]

Nothing new here.

[@TR4R]

Not exactly, it wasn't this messy in Sinaloa...

[@freedombro]

Mexico is a failed state

[@JesusRodriguez-kd8es]

Sounds like your mom

[@neoreign]

captain obvious

[@TruthTeller8888]

Normal day for them…😂 they love to live under cartels and narcos..

[@NIcholasparker88]

@@boossersgarage3239Well the Mexicans could do Something about it if they really wanted to. But they seem content

[@NIcholasparker88]

@@jaabaadaabaaadoo For calling out the truth

[@TR4R]

Except it was kinda quiet in Sinaloa before this...

[@CorcoR20]

Seas mamon

[@edas1315]

@@NIcholasparker88 Not the truth, nobody likes living in that state of insecurity. stop commenting on things you dont have a clue about

[@dawnherdman1942]

They poor😅😊😂

[@FanOfSabaton]

2 Chronicles 12:14 KJV

[@gujalexful]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 Bs

[@AuraAraucariaceae]

Forgot to put “US fueled” on the title

[@Gemni65]

Just like Chicago

[@Allhoney33]

It all started in 1492 and guess by who?!

[@Gemni65]

@@Allhoney33I was wait for you to tell me that the Chinese started it

[@PureAmericana]

Soon or later mexico is going to touch the nerves of the US. is just matter of time.

[@JoseEcheagaray-d2p]

And then what? What's your point. Mexico it's not scared.

[@Escatlan66]

@@PureAmericana I don’t think so USA has a lot problems everywhere and also has a big problem of drug addiction.

[@edas1315]

Like the US touches everyone's nerves right? If they want to fix it they can do their part and stop selling weapons like candy, they end up in the south of the border too, and educate their citizens about synthetic drugs and the addictins and havoc they cause

[@angelavila9452]

Like iraq and afghanistan how did that workout ??

[@JoseEcheagaray-d2p]

@@angelavila9452 the USA crimes again humanity is ending. The time is clicking. You should be praying, if you believe in the bs god.

[@TonaldDrump686]

So, American business moves to Mexico, Mexican people move to USA.

[@TruthTeller8888]

@@TonaldDrump686 😅😅 hard working immigrants 😅

[@themediacontrolyouropinon]

You know it has been a violent week when you see the Marines on the ground.😬🥲

[@JoseV-k5o]

Lies by the president and the new one too

[@hunterm4188]

Socialism at its best 👍🏻

[@claudiomarcellini6139]

Failed state

[@yisusmg7794]

A failed state would not have free public universities, public hospitals or social assistance programs

[@claudiomarcellini6139]

@@yisusmg7794 well,if you feel ok with the level of corruption and criminality, then….no problem

[@TruthTeller8888]

@@claudiomarcellini6139 agree