Overview
- The Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional deployed 90 members of its Cuerpo de Fuerzas Especiales to Sinaloa to join the Novena Zona Militar and work with the Army, Air Force and National Guard.
- State officials say the reinforcement responds to a short-term rise in homicides over recent days and is meant to strengthen targeted operations in Culiacán and Escuinapa.
- The arrival of the Special Forces coincided with the arrest of Misael Guerrero Pérez, known as “El Güero Pin,” an alleged Los Chapitos operator, and local sources reported roadblocks and vehicle burnings in Escuinapa that security forces later cleared.
- Sedena has framed the operation as intelligence-driven and declared it will follow the Ley Nacional sobre el Uso de la Fuerza while emphasizing respect for human rights during interventions.
- Sinaloa has long been a focal point for organized crime, so officials expect the elite reinforcement to pressure criminal leadership but also to raise local security tensions that authorities must manage on the ground.