Overview
- Semar reported an armed confrontation with a Los Chapitos faction in El Limoncito, Culiacán, detaining nine people, leaving one alleged attacker dead, and seizing high‑caliber weapons, a grenade launcher, grenades, and 89 explosive devices.
- Residents shared videos of sustained gunfire and classes were suspended in the area, while federal forces kept aerial and ground patrols active following the Sinaloa clash.
- Authorities in Sinaloa found a pickup with five bodies on the Los Mochis–Culiacán highway in Navolato, two of which were identified by relatives, and opened three investigations tied to the day’s violence.
- Search teams resumed work at a clandestine grave near El Verde, Concordia, where 10 bodies were recovered and five identified as some of the miners missing since January 23; Vizsla Silver said five employees remain unaccounted for and it is cooperating.
- The FGJEM executed a judge‑ordered restitution of the Cruz Azul plant in Tula, detaining 33 people—31 for disobedience and resistance and two for alleged gun possession—while Hidalgo authorities reported no deaths or disappearances and the state rights commission opened a probe following local allegations of excessive force.