Overview
- Governor Rubén Rocha Moya administered the oath in Culiacán on March 16 after receiving a proposal from Defense Secretary Ricardo Trevilla Trejo.
- Téllez is an active-duty brigadier general with 35 years in the Army who led the 110th Infantry Battalion and previously served in the Ninth Military Zone.
- He said he will start with a diagnostic of the agency and emphasized coordination with the Army, Navy, National Guard and state authorities.
- Óscar Rentería Schazarino left the post and returned to SEDENA after roughly 15 months as secretary, according to state officials.
- The change makes Téllez the fourth security chief of this administration as Sinaloa contends with prolonged fighting between factions of the Sinaloa Cartel.