Violent Events Shake The State Of Sinaloa On Wednesday May 7, 2025. Clashes, blockades and looting, this is how the night of terror was experienced in Sinaloa this May 7

CHAR 

MAY 8, 2025 

INFORMATION VIDEO BY LUZ NOTICIAS 

BY: CHAR 

Violent events shook the Mexican state of Sinaloa on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, as allegedly criminal groups are uniting with the La Mayiza/MF criminal faction to fight against the Los Chapitos/La Chapiza Cartel. Violence has now reached Badiraguato, Mocorito, Villa Juarez, Navolato, all strongholds of the Los Chapitos criminal group. 

BY LUZ NOTICIAS 

VIDEO TRANSLATION 

What happened yesterday at the north exit on Mexico 15? Ángel Beltrán was there with all the details. Angel, I'm happy to greet you. 

Good morning. Good morning, José. Likewise, to the audience. Indeed, minutes before 9 p.m. yesterday, Wednesday, a group of armed individuals robbed several vehicles on the Mexico 15 international highway near the motels located at the north exit of Culiacán. With these same units, they blocked both lanes of traffic and also set them on fire. These individuals left the highway practically blocked in both lanes. A few minutes later, dozens of personnel from various corporations, mainly from the Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection, arrived and secured the area so that firefighters could arrive, carry out maneuvers, and extinguish the fire.

First, a combat unit arrived and extinguished a truck and the problem was that the water ran out, and the remaining two units continued to burn. Later, more firefighter units arrived with more trucks and managed to put out the fire after a few minutes of maneuvers. These units were reportedly stripped and blocked, and the drivers were apparently allowed to leave. Fortunately, they were unharmed during these events. These maneuvers and the international highway lasted, well, blocked for several hours, just a couple of minutes before midnight after the fire was extinguished.

 These units were removed with the help of two State Preventive Police tow trucks, who shook these elements with the cranes to be able to remove these units and free the international highway. Mexico 15. The images, well, we were there, and this blockade occurred just a few minutes after a strong confrontation was reported, which is in The Pericos municipality in the municipality of Mocorito, which lasted several minutes, and the report also indicated that many armed people were driving around in double-wheeled trucks, clashing on the same international highway at the entrance to Pericos and also at the Bairahuato intersection. 

José, yes, there are the images. Ángel Beltrán arrived at the scene. He was the first reporter to arrive at this location, brave enough to inform the public of what was happening at that time, because, uh, we only had the report of the gunfire from the clashes in Pericos Mocorito, and it was said that the Mexico 15 highway was blocked at the intersection toward Badiraguato. 

But we didn't know there was a blockade, a major blockade at the northern exit near the motels. We went to verify and see if some trailers were indeed on fire. Hey, Ángel Beltrán, you arrived there.

We arrived around 9:10 p.m., and by the time I arrived, the vehicles were still practically on fire. Firefighters hadn't arrived. Only federal personnel from the Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection were guarding the area. Even so, they kindly allowed us to be close to where the vehicles were burning, at a safe distance for safety reasons. A few minutes later, firefighters arrived and began carrying out maneuvers. And it's worth mentioning that this blockade, José, wasn't the only one last night, right? There was also a blockade on the Benito Juárez Highway near the town of the battalion in the municipality of Navolato. This report also indicated armed individuals had fired shots to force drivers of heavy-duty vehicles to stop, and with the same Units carried out the blockade at that point on the highway, near the Culiacan Highway. Volato was in the battalion's polaro. This incident also caused heavy traffic congestion and long lines of vehicles that also blocked the highway for several hours. Yes, Angel, you were there.

We were all following your broadcast yesterday. Your live broadcast. I think all of Culiacán was following your broadcast yesterday because you were the only person there, and at first, we heard some explosions coming from the trailers. What exactly was it, Angel? Yes, because the units were completely on fire. The tires practically melted and began to explode as a result of this fire. And also, the fire reached the gas tanks. 

Jose, those were the two reasons why the explosions were being recorded at the scene: the gas tanks and the tires of the units. Well, that's what's happening. Well, what happened yesterday. This is what it looked like after the fire. These are the images that Angel Beltrán was commenting on at the scene. You were there for a while. There, right?

Angel, how long did the maneuvers take to put out the fire?

Yes, they lasted a little over an hour while the firefighters' support arrived because I mentioned that the first unit that arrived on the scene had run out of water, and only managed to pay for what a cargo truck was, but there were three more vehicles left. Later, support arrived, and with the support of two water trucks, they managed to put out this fire. The maneuvers for the firefighting operation lasted a little over an hour, plus the removal, you could say about three hours. By midnight, the international highway was already open, there at the north exit. But we continue with what happened yesterday, with this chronology brought to us by Ángel Beltrán, with the clashes in Pericos Mocorito and the roadblocks. Well, several highways of varying viability were blocked. It was Mexico 15. It was also Benito Juárez at the battalion level, also the Guamuchi entrance.

Mocorito, there was a major blockade there, too, but let's talk about the shooting in Pericos Mocorito because we were receiving reports at 6671 609 that the shooting was taking place at the intersection toward Badirahuato, at that famous intersection on Mexico 15. And others said that inside the town of Pericos Mocorito, Ángel, and the gunshots lasted approximately two hours. They calmed down, returned. They calmed down, and returned. That's what they told us. Yes, that's right. The first reports indicated that subjects were fighting.

Armed at what is known as the entrance to the Pericos municipality in the municipality of Mocorito. This was on Mexico City-15 International Highway, and the gunshots effectively lasted almost two hours, while the authorities were conspicuous by their absence. These reports also indicated a large group of armed men driving around in double-wheeled pickup trucks, some of them white, others black, others with weapons embedded in the back. And these shots, well, some residents recorded the shots and also took some videos that went practically viral on various social media. 

This confrontation also spread to the intersection of the municipality of Badiraguato, where reports were also received about a large group of armed men, also in the municipal seat of Badiraguato, without any evidence so far. It is known, eh, if they caused any disorder there. Eh, but the main clashes were recorded mainly at the entrance to Pericos and at the Abauato intersection. José. Yes, well, yesterday, what terror Mocorito experienced. What terror Pericos experienced. Also, Villa Juárez, right? Ángeles. Are you hearing chants in Pericos and minutes later, Villa Juárez? Navolato. Do we have information on what exactly happened in Villajuez? Yes, that's right. José, well, the firefighters were just trying to put out the fire here at the blockade located on the international highway, Mexico 15, the city north of Culiacán. When, at that same location, reports were received about the clash on Highway 20, which leads from the Culiacán highway in Lorado to the municipality of Villajuárez, Navolato. This. Near Campo Cuba, reports were being received that men were fighting. 

Armed personnel were on board several trucks that were circulating, and the confrontation also lasted several minutes and was quite intense. A fact that was also videotaped by the residents of Campo Cuba and the surrounding area. And this confrontation took place precisely at a point where it is constantly maintained at National Guard events, almost at the intersection of the Culiacán El Dorado Highway, Highway 20, and Culiacán El Dorado. We were unable to confirm whether these National Guard members were on guard at the time of the confrontation on the same highway, but Campo Cuba is very close. These explosions also went viral. The videos showed that they were quite loud, high-powered weapons were heard, and during the same confrontation, another blockade occurred there on the Culiacán El Dorado Highway at the entrance to a poultry company that is also located near the same intersection with the highway.