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(NewsNation) — Rival factions of the Sinaloa cause cartel are waging a deadly warfare successful northwestern Mexico, leaving dozens dormant and missing successful the aftermath of U.S. arrests of cardinal cartel leaders.
The unit betwixt groups known arsenic the "Mayos" and the "Chapos" erupted aft U.S. authorities apprehended Joaquín Guzmán López and Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada successful precocious July.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador claims these arrests, which helium says were made without Mexico's knowledge, triggered the existent bloodshed.
"They made a woody and did not pass us," López Obrador said, citing Mexico's lawyer general. "The Department of Justice was successful talks with 1 of the transgression groups successful Sinaloa and they made deals."
More than 50 radical person been killed and different 50 are missing successful Culiacán, the superior of Sinaloa state. Gruesome displays of unit see severed heads near connected pizza boxes and bodies wearing shot caps akin to those successful "El Mayo" wanted posters.
The struggle has disrupted regular beingness successful Sinaloa. While schools person reopened, galore businesses adjacent aboriginal and residents stay indoors contempt dense subject patrols.
U.S. quality analysts suggest the struggle could past for years. The Drug Enforcement Administration reports the Sinaloa and Jalisco cartels person a beingness successful each 50 U.S. states, controlling planetary networks that predominate the fentanyl and methamphetamine trade.
López Obrador questioned wherefore the U.S. hasn't focused connected arresting its ain cause lords and blamed America's request for driving the surge successful fentanyl trafficking.
U.S. officials person not yet responded to these accusations.
The Mexican president's claims person sparked statement astir U.S.-Mexico practice successful combating cause cartels.
