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SAA event in Mexico on Thu 30th July 2026

30th July 2026

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A confrontation on the afternoon of July 28, 2026, in the town of San Francisquito, Mazatlán municipality, resulted in the deaths of two gunmen, the arrest of one suspect, and the seizure of a significant cache of weapons and tactical equipment. The operation stemmed from intelligence work targeting the security detail and operational arm of Adrián Antonio Pérez Avendaño, alias "El 20" or "El General," a suspected operative for Los Chapitos or La Chapiza, a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel. Pérez Avendaño was linked to an ambush that left five members of the Mexican Army (SEDENA) dead, the Culiacánazo, and had been previously arrested in Villa Unión.

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