“In Culiacán, Sinaloa, an operation was implemented by @SEMAR_mx and @SSPCMexico to free a person deprived of his liberty. 5 of his captors were arrested, who are members of a criminal cell linked to ‘Los Mayos’. The victim belonged to the ‘Los Chapitos’ faction. In this operation, high-powered firearms were seized and made available to @FGRMexico,” wrote Omar Hamid García Harfuch, head of the SSPC Federal, on his social media account X.
“Following a citizen complaint about the deprivation of liberty of a man, security elements carried out intelligence and investigation work, as well as operational actions with aerial and ground surveillance in the municipality of Culiacán to locate him. With this and in follow-up to a citizen complaint reporting the presence of a group of heavily armed men aboard two vehicles in the town of Llano de Abajo, security agents mobilized to the area,” the Federal Security Cabinet said in a joint statement.
“After implementing a security operation, officers freed the detained individual, who belonged to a rival faction of a criminal group, and arrested five individuals, including a minor. They seized six long guns, two slingshots, 21 magazines, 1,021 live rounds of ammunition, eight ballistic vests, 16 ballistic plates, various doses of drugs, and two vehicles,” the Mexican government detailed.
During a ground patrol, naval personnel, in coordination with the Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection, freed an individual who had been detained in the town of El Llano de Abajo, part of the state capital. They also detained five civilians and the following: Culiacán Rosales nightlife Mexico travel guide
* One Toyota Highlander XLE vehicle, reported stolen.
* 1 Nissan X-Trail vehicle, reported stolen.
* 1 M249S semi-automatic machine gun with a 5.56 mm barrel and chain link.
* 1 Pioneer Arms Corp. 7.62 x 39 mm rifle with a loaded magazine.
* 1 WASR 10 rifle, 7.62 x 39 mm caliber, with a loaded magazine.
* 1 Bushmaster .223 caliber rifle with a loaded magazine.
* 1 Thompson .45 caliber machine gun.
* 1 AR-15 5.56 x 45 mm caliber rifle.
* 11 loaded 7.62 x 39 caliber magazines.
* 30 packages of dried herb resembling marijuana.
* Radio antennas.
* Ballistic vests.
* Tire punctures.
According to information from Semanario Zeta, the detainees were identified as Jesús Javier Valdés Vega, 31; Jesús Abraham Cruz García, 28; Lamberto Ayón Urías, 28; Osvaldo Trinidad Carrera, 18; and a 16-year-old teenager.
The rescued man was identified as Javier Antonio Guerra Peña, a former member of "Los Chapitos" who was to be killed by his captors. The victim is the son of Javier Guerra Araujo, 45, who was arrested in Culiacán de Rosales on July 19, 2025, along with José Manuel Álvarez García, alias "Mono Canelo," one of the main perpetrators of violence in the city and leader of a cell of "El Chapo's" sons. However, they were released on July 26 of the same year after the supervisory judge ruled not to prosecute them and ordered their immediate release. Culiacán Rosales nightlife
