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Monday, July 26, 2021

Magdalena, Sonora: Four Days of Gunfights

"HEARST" and "Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat



For multiple days, the municipality of Magdalena de Kino, located in northern Sonora has has intermittent outbreaks of shootings occurring allegedly between members of  rival cartel groups. Citizens have been updating social media with videos taken of the gunfights taking place in close proximity to civilians, with bullets indiscriminately hitting churches and public spaces.  


Friday, July 23, 2021 

On Friday, footage of sicarios engaging in gunfights in mountainous areas emerged on social media. The videos are alleged to have been filmed over the weekend in northern Sonora. However some outlets say that as early as Thursday the gunfights began between rival cartel groups. 

Warning: Graphic video, male with head gunshot wound visible.  



Saturday, July 24, 2021

On Saturday, more video footage taken by hitmen involved in shootouts in mountainous regions emerged online. Hitmen inside vehicles are seen using radios to communicate, sending urgent warnings to each other through comms as well as barking out orders to the fellow hitmen nearby. The video below is safe to watch, no graphic content. 


Male: Do it, do it! Shoot him, shoot him son! Take away his rounds! Don’t stop shooting, don’t stop shooting!


Many public functions halted in Magdalena as a result of the increasing amount of violence. Through Facebook, a last minute cancellation notice for the planned vaccination day was issued which read :

“Community of Magdalena. For reasons of insecurity, the vaccination that began on Saturday 24 is canceled until further notice." 

Later, the Sonora Welfare Secretariat suspended the vaccination campaign against Covid-19 "until further notice", due to the violent events registered on Saturday.


A group made up of at least 11 armed men entered the town of Magdalena and fired heavy-caliber shots on Villa Hermosa and Doctor Irigoyen streets while roaming through the La Industrial neighborhood. Aristegui Noticias reported there were several shootings that occurred on Saturday afternoon. Newspaper El Sol de Hermosillo described it as a "constant detonations of firearms".


At approximately 6:00 pm, a call was made to 911 reporting the activity. State Police, Army (SEDENA) soldiers and members of the National Guard were dispatched to the scene of the events. There was a confrontation between the members of security forces and the armed men. A large number of people shared different videos where a series of shots can be heard and people are seen running to get away and protect themselves from the confrontation.




This shootout disrupted the 6:00 p.m. mass that was occurring in the Santa Mar铆a Magdalena church at the time. A parishioner took a video from inside the church during the shooting. 


In the video a frightened woman can be heard saying "Here we are lying on the ground, in the Santa Mar铆a Magdalena church because the gunfire is out there." She also says "Oh, my God! Saint Mary Magdalene, protect us, protect us Se帽ora, protect us Se帽ora all Magdalena, protect us."

In the shootout, one of the armed men was heavily injured and died due to gunshot wounds. Another 10 armed men were subdued and arrested. The arrested men were found to be in the possession of heavy-caliber firearms, unspecified tactical equipment and a vehicle. There are currently no reports of citizens being injured as a result of the shootings on Villa Hermosa, Doctor Irigoyen or as a result of the confrontation with security forces.


Photo taken after gunfight on July 24, 2021. 


Some of the ten sicarios arrested on July 24, 2021. Source: @fernand17704066


On the night of July 24 2021, the State police twitter put out a statement saying:

“Coordinated operations by the State Police, SEDENA and National Guard continue tonight in Magdalena and Santa Ana for crime prevention and citizen attention.” Link



Sunday, July 25, 2021

More clips of citizens reacting the violence in Magdalena emerged online. In some video recordings the voices of terrified children can be heard who are spooked when they see the hitmen pass by.


Young kid: Oh my God those are hitmen, those are hitmen.

Alfonso Durazo Monta帽o, the governor elect of the state of Sonora, released a statement on twitter which read:

"I condemn all acts of violence, such as what happened in #Magdalena. I ask the state government and the state attorney general's office, through the transition committee, to keep us informed so that, when the time comes for us to take office, we will we have the information that will allow us to act responsibly." Link

 


Monday, July 26, 2021

The general commissioner of the State Police, Alfonso Novoa assured the Sonora public that police operations and patrols continue in Magdalena, Santa Ana and Benjamin Hill. He said they had increased the police presence in the north of the state and with the collaboration of the Army (SEDENA), the National Guard (GN) and the municipal police more patrols were being made.


Outlets are reporting that the shootings are continuing in Magdalena today, July 26, 2021 though few specific details are available yet.



Cartel Aspects

No government official or newspaper has made claims as to the cartel affiliations involved in these conflicts so far. However Debate alleges these conflicts are due to an internal dispute between factions of the Sinaloa cartel, on one side elements loyal to Ismael Zambada "El Mayo", on the other side elements loyal to Los Chapitos, the sons of El Chapo. 



Magdalena has long been the territory of one of El Mayo's top lieutenants Felipe de Jes煤s Sosa Canizales, alias "El Gigio", who leads Los Gigios, a Sinaloa cartel organization based out of Nogales. In May 2013 El Gigio was accused of working under El Chapo, El Mayo, and Gonzalo Inzunza Inzunza, alias “El Macho Prieto” as their Nogales plaza boss as part of a US Kingpin act sanction. El Gigio works closely with Leonardo L贸pez, alias “El 20” or "El Nayo", his second-in-command and the leader of hitmen.

There are rumors online that the Chapitos side may be Los Salazars or Gente Nueva de Altar, also called Los Cazadors, or some combination of the two working together against El 20's men. Los Cazadores notably has recently suffered the loss of its two most well known leaders El Durango and El Noveno. Both were arrested within the last few months by law enforcement and military authorities.

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*Please Note: All dates given to footage is an estimate, it is difficult to narrow down the timeframe when a video was filmed due to frequent reposting.

July 24 2021 Sources: Dossier PoliticoEl Sol de HermosilloDebate

July 25 2021 Sources: Municipios PueblaEl Sol de HermosilloExcelsiorNoticieros.Televisa

July 26 2021 Sources: Aristegui NoticiasEl UniversalThen24

Background Sources: Borderland Beat Archives

54 comments:

  1. EL GIGIO AND EL 20(MZ) VS LOS CAZADORES(CHAPITOS)

    BUT THE CDS NINIS PORRISTAS ARE GONNA SAY THERES NO INFIGHTING馃槂馃槂馃槂

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    1. El que sabe sabe la gente en caborca Vs Paez Quintero ya tienen a帽os peliandonse pero tu que vas a saber pinche alucin.

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    2. Both factions have insane power, seems like both sides agreed to suppress the press hence we rarely see any news about this war, but shit is in fact going down

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    3. Yes between these cells but not between the actual menores and el mayo zamabada themself is what everyones tryna tell you bro

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    4. it's a fight between CDS cells, you idiot. if MZ and Chapitos starts a war, you'll fucking know it, you'll see it in Culiacan, you'll see it all over Sinaloa.

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    5. 7:20 calm down it will be ok. Its only a drug cartel.

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    6. I am sorry I don't read comments with all capitals.

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    7. Its not between cells, its chapitos vs mayos

      You are not a cartel boss if you allow infighting and heating up the plazas.

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    8. 10:06 great point

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  2. THEYRES NO RUMORS???? THE VIDEOS OF THE CLASHES SHOW US THAT, WHILE SOME SIDES SCREAMS "PURO CAZADORES" THE OTHERS YELL OUT "PURA GENTE DEL 20"....
    CDS VS CDS



    WHILE THE CJNG COMMANDERS ENJOY A SOLID BROTHERHOOD馃槂馃槂馃槂馃槂馃槂

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    1. They also have in fighting

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    2. Puerto Vallarta is being disputed by ex cj and also some parts of Jalisco

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    3. CDS PENDEJOs will try to deny it lol
      Here's onother ARTICLE, let's see if they soak it in or ignore it LIKE ALWAYS 馃槅

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    4. @2:54 Cus they are nowhere the size of the CDS syndicate. If you cannot do simple math like that or measure state sizes to calculate the amount of gunmen CDS has, to the point that they can fight two wars at the same time, or like on other times, different wars at the same time, against real rivals like Zetas, Linea or CAF, then you my friend are a biased ignorant cunt.

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    5. 3:50 馃槀馃槀馃槀 but but but PV is being disputed馃槀

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    6. 9:12 chill bro, remember el que se enoja pierde

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    7. Again nino I don't read comments with all capitals.

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    8. 7:41 cds groupies lost onother debate like always 馃槅

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    9. 11:26 said the pocho CJNG cheer leader. Is it true you guys start crying if I mention mencho is 5’0?

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  3. Somwhow this is Menchos fault, right Sinaloa d riders?

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    1. This is a border! Nothing to do with tweekers. Grown folks business

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    2. 2:54 Menso and his tweekers have no business in Sonora, they're busy fighting other tweekers in michoacan and Guanajuato for petty street sales territory

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  4. Thank you for putting this together, Hearst... I don't speak or understand Spanish that much but my wife is from Sonora and I like to stay informed. Very sad this is happening. Sonora is beautiful.

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  5. 2:49 n 2:54 same idiot broken hearted cause he cant n won't hear that dum yelling of "arriba el senor menso"馃う馃ぃ馃槅馃槀馃槶

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  6. What will the future of Mexicos narco organization look like if CDS splinters completely? Will MENCHO continue remaining god of the underworld in mexico? Is el mayo
    zambada dead? Will lana rhodes continue making movies? Imagine if chapitos get kicked out of culiacan? Will Michoacan be the new dubai? Only time will tell.
    But peace would be nice, cdg factions have declared it in tamaulipas.
    Imagine a powerhouse truce between CJNG and CDS(whatevers left of it)? It would be epic. But unfortunately mr MENCHO knows the ways 馃悁馃悁馃悁 of the sinaloarats馃悁馃悁馃悁 ...

    Ps, el M flaco looks up to mencho.

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  7. Nada se pierde con que se den en la madre los narcos.
    Matense todos!

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  8. Its just low level infighting 馃槩馃槩馃槩馃槩

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  9. O the denile, sinaloans are so use to snitching that this was gonna happened sooner or later, i mean what where you expecting to happen when you have the biggest snitches in the same cartel?

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  10. Salazar's want all Sonora to themselves

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    1. They don't even control a plaza! They have no real power

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  11. CDS will SAY it's FAKE news 馃槅
    Cdsnitches GROUPIES are LAME AF

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  12. Wow, what kind of bullets are those that make the big holes in the wall in the title pic?

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    1. AK rounds can do that to concrete.

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    2. Accuracy looks like they were trained by the U.S. Army?

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  13. https://www.reddit.com/r/NarcoFootage/comments/opo9nu/los_guanos_cds_el_chapos_brother_puta_madring_and/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share


    Guanos(cds) vs Rodriguez(cds)
    Durango, one of the guy does say "puro flores" so it may be that time CJNG went into Durango and killed like 10 cds sicarios.

    Man CDS has been having a bad year lol just throw in the towel mayo zambada

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    1. 8:04 they ain’t kill no one in Durango if they kill 10, 100 more will show up out of no where. cjng tweakers got whooped than went running back to gorilla faced jardinero

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    2. Fausto Isidro Meza Flores?

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  14. CDS ninis are heart broken over the infighting going on in they're favorite snitch organization 馃槶馃槶馃槶馃槶馃槶馃槶馃槶馃槶

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  15. Buchonas con nalgas de plasico y botas de tacon de chunde pobresitos por que tan enojadas matandose entre ustedes? Could it be that El Mayozetarat king is dead? Looks like it things are out of control for the snitchaloas. Keep on killing yourselfs later on you won't have to die at the hands of las 4 letras con el culo todo aguado de las vergizas que les van a meter.

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    1. miren al Michoac谩no pocho cara de gorilla como su mama dando su opini贸n 馃 馃悞馃ぃ

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  16. Good job putting this together Hearst and Sol Prendido keep up the great work!

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    1. Yes, thank you BB team. Great site showing what's really going down.

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    2. Its going down. MZ has the diabeetus and too old like Joe Biden. That explains why Chapitos are making a play. As other CDS cells fight then splinter, everyone knows only Golfos y CJNG will grow stronger.

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    3. Its only low level sicarios 馃槩馃槩馃槶

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    4. 10:39 is that you Queso?
      Biden is not related to this article.

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    5. Golfos are bussy with running from cdn.
      Jaliscas cause to much heat to live long
      Sinaloa is trapped with chapitos fighting for power and loosing men to this war of the spoiled kids.

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  17. desde que sali贸 Miguel caro empezaron los pleitos.. no estoy 100% seguro que RCQ lo apoye lo m谩s probable que si. el pleito es por qu茅 los Salazares mataron a un Quintero y les pidieron el cuerpo y los Salazares no lo entregaron.

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  18. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gipw9bpHpBQ

    Chapitos vs Mayos 馃槾 someone grab the CDS sissies some tissue. Theres gonna be alot of sobbing

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    1. Send it to BB Gmail it's on the website.

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  19. Videos viejos, hoy en d铆a la sierra est谩 verde por las lluvias. En los videos se mira todo seco, fue en fechas de marzo si no me equivoc贸 el d铆a 26

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  20. I've never seen as much cruelty and horror until I started to watch videos of cartels and how they do business over in Mexico. Loving and enjoying cutting arms and legs off,face peeling! Wow or WTF,unfortunately there quite strangely addictive to watch! Thank God I live where I do.

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