The Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) deployed 90 elements of the Special Forces Corps of the Mexican Army in Sinaloa as part of the actions to strengthen security and combat the activities of criminal groups in the entity.
The soldiers departed on June 3 from the Santa Lucía Military Air Base, in the State of Mexico, aboard a Boeing 737-800 aircraft of the Mexican Air Force bound for the Culiacán Military Air Base.
Its incorporation seeks to reinforce the operations currently carried out by the Army, the Air Force and the National Guard in the state.
According to information released by Sedena, the deployment is part of the National Public Security Strategy and aims to increase operational presence in one of the entities that has faced episodes of violence linked to the dispute between criminal organizations.
The Special Forces will join the coordinated work of the Ninth Military Zone to carry out surveillance, reconnaissance and actions aimed at inhibiting illicit activities in the region. Federal authorities indicated that the reinforcement will allow for strengthening response capabilities and maintaining security operations in different Sinaloa municipalities.
The sending of troops occurs in a context of intensification of federal operations against organized crime groups in Sinaloa.
In recent days, federal authorities reported on the capture of targets considered priority linked to factions of the Sinaloa Cartel, such as Gabriel “N”, alias “El 80” or “Gabito”, identified as the operator of Los Chapitos in the south of the entity.
With this new deployment, the federal government seeks to reinforce institutional presence and contribute to the recovery of security conditions for the Sinaloan population, in coordination with state and municipal authorities.
