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SAA event in Mexico on Wed 14th October 2026

14th October 2026

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Francisco Alberto Salcido Rivera, popularly known as Pancho Salcido—a former leader of the Local Livestock Association of Escuinapa—was executed on the morning of Wednesday, October 14, 2026, in front of a convenience store and a produce shop in the downtown area of the municipality of Escuinapa, Sinaloa. The armed attack took place around 11:00 a.m. on Severiano Moreno Street, between Francisco Pérez and Centenario streets—just a few meters from the municipal DIF (Family Development) offices and an institutional daycare center, in the heart of the municipal seat of Escuinapa. According to police reports, Salcido Rivera was arriving at a business owned by his wife in a pickup truck, accompanied by his underage daughter, who remained unharmed.

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