La Mayiza and the Guasave Cartel form an alliance; they target Los Chapitos By MILENIO

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MAY 9, 2025

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A new alliance between the La Mayiza and the Guasave Cartel, backed by El Mayito Flaco and El Chapo Isidro, has intensified violence in Sinaloa against the Chapos, accused of betraying old pacts. Clashes, armed convoys, and besieged communities reflect the escalation of conflict in areas such as Guamuchil, Mocorito, and Angostura. 

A new alliance contributes to the Sinaloa cartel's internal conflict. La Mayiza and the Guasave cartel sealed a pact to end what they called the Chapos' bloodshed and betrayal. The alliance was publicly endorsed by the criminal organizations themselves in a statement released on social media, indicating that the pact between Ismael Zambada, Sicarios, El Mayito Flaco, son of El Mayo Zambada, and Fausto Isidro Meza Flores, "El Chapo Isidro" is because Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán's sons reacted to the codes and have trampled on their own allies. 

As a result, violence intensified in Guamuchil, Mocorito, and Angostura. In the first city, a convoy of armored pickup trucks packed with armed men broke into the city in broad daylight. At night, they violently entered the Ranchito de los Angulo communities of Angostura and other surrounding areas. 

In an intercepted communication between members of the Chapos, someone warned that "El Mayito Flaco" and "El Chapo" Isidro are now allies. "Don't let them go, don't let them go." The cholos' people have become "Mayo Flaco," and "El Chapo Isidro" is also "Mayo Flaco." They're giving [ __ ] to Angostura. The "Angosturas are no more than the only chapos." Those from Chinito, the blue reform. 

All that combat, just chapo. And they're fighting. They picked me up. They picked me up. They're there. Tell your relatives that they shouldn't go out at night or during the day. They're going all out. All the people are there, people who aren't from there, because since the people have settled, they're all fighting. In the Cuathemoc Niños Héroes and La Gloria neighborhoods, also in Guamuchil, vehicles were abandoned, shot at, and homemade armored trucks were found. The army and the National Guard seized vehicles and weapons, but no arrests were made. Since September, the war has cost the chapitos vast territories they controlled in Ubolato, Choix, Escuinapa, El Rosario, Mazatlán, and Culiacán. 

The Guasave cartel controls the city that bears its name, in addition to the municipalities of Sinaloa and Juan José Ríos, but also has a presence in Los Angeles, Los Mochis, the municipal capital of Ahome, where El Chapo Guzmán's sons control the ranching area. With information from Carlos Rafael Morales, Milenio Noticias

Categories: Fausto Isidro Meza Flores, Ismael Zambada Sicairos, Ivan Archivaldo Guzman Salazar, Oscar Manuel Gastelum Iribe, Sinaloa Civil War