SAA event in Mexico on Mon 24th November 2025

A security operation carried out on the morning of Friday, November 21 in the Portalegre sector of Culiacán, Sinaloa, culminated in the arrest of ten Hitmen and the security of an arsenal that included a machine gun and tactical equipment. The Secretariat of State Public Security (SSPE) confirmed that the action was led by the Sinaloa Special Operations Group (GOES) of the State Preventive Police, in coordination with the National Guard. The mobilization originated minutes before 6:00 am, after neighbors in the area anonymously reported to 089 firearm detonations and the presence of people armed with a black vehicle outside a home in the Portalegre sector. After receiving the complaint, elements of the GOES and the National Guard came immediately, managing to locate and arrest the ten male men. It was reported that the detainees come from several states: Jalisco, Mexicali, Michoacán and Sinaloa, which suggests the multi-state composition of the criminal cell. The operation resulted in the securing of important war and tactical material: 1 machine gun 9 rifles (long weapons) 1 gun 33 magazines for long gun 1,225 useful cartridges 8 ballistic vests 2 tactical vests 7 tactical helmets 7 buckets with ponchallantas A vehicle The intervention area, specifically the Norma Corona Sapiens boulevard in the La Conquista sector, was cordoned off by GOES patrols, the State Police, the Mexican Army and the National Guard. The ten detainees, the vehicle, the weapons and other objects of crime were presented to the Attorney General's Office (FGR) for the corresponding investigations.