Author: MARÍA VERZA Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 03/03/2025 | 05:00:17
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This is the first extended period of violence that has touched Culiacan's residents. It started in September, more than a month after Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada says he was kidnapped by one of the sons of former leader Joaqun "El Chapo" Guzmán. The unwritten agreement to not attack residents uninvolved in the drug trade was broken. More than 900 killings have been reported since September. A resident of Costa Rica, a small town south of the capital, traced the front line on the horizon. His brother-in-law says his only transgression was not respecting the locals' curfew. Mexico's new president Claudia Sheinbaum has shown herself willing to take a more aggressive hand with the cartels. In December, authorities seized more than a ton of fentanyl in Sinaloa compared to just 286 pounds in all of Mexico in the first six months of 2024. It’s unknown what, if any, role U.S. Intelligence played. Principal Victor Manuel Aispuro says he can't remember what it was like to have all of his nearly 400 students in school. The last time he closed was late last month when intense firefights and low-flying helicopters panicked residents. In January, one of his students was killed along with his brother and their father in a carjacking.
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This is a straight propaganda piece.
Biden made this exact deal with better terms and more border personnel guarantees from Mexico.
Trump certainly made more noise but got a worse deal out of this. The residents aren't "thankful" for Trump's pressure - this is the goofiest fucking thing I've ever read. Following that, I'm surprised there wasn't a line about big, strong men in tears thanking God for Donald Trump.
Just ignore this...