Sinaloa,officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa,is one of the 31 states which,along with Mexico City,compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 18 municipalities,and its capital city is Culiacán Rosales.
Culiacán,officially Culiacán Rosales,is a city in northwestern Mexico,the capital and largest city of both Culiacán Municipality and the state of Sinaloa. The city was founded on 29 September 1531 by the Spanish conquerors Lázaro de Cebreros and Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán under the name "Villa de San Miguel",referring to its patron saint,Michael the Archangel.
The Autonomous University of Sinaloa is a public university with its central campus located in the state capital of Culiacán,Sinaloa and with campuses in multiple locations within the state. The university is ranked in the top 25 universities of Mexico.
Bernardo JoséGastélum Izabal was a Mexican physician,politician,and writer.
Manuel Fidel Torres Félix,also known as El M1,EL 14,and/or El Ondeado,was a Mexican drug lord and high-ranking leader of the Sinaloa Cartel.
Operation Sinaloa or Operation Culiacan - Navolato is an ongoing anti-drug trafficking operation in the Mexican state of Sinaloa by the Federal Police and the Mexican Armed Forces. Its main objective is to cripple all cartel organizations such as the Sinaloa Cartel,Beltrán-Leyva Cartel and Los Zetas that operate in that state. The Military was deployed in response to the murder of Mexico's Federal Police commissioner Édgar Eusebio Millán Gómez.
Alfredo Beltrán Leyva,commonly referred to by his alias El Mochomo,is a Mexican convicted drug lord and former leader of the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel,a drug trafficking organization. He was one of Mexico's most-wanted drug lords. Beltrán Leyva was responsible for smuggling multi-ton shipments of cocaine and methamphetamine to the United States from Mexico and South America between the 1990s and 2000s. He worked alongside his brothers Héctor,Carlos,and Arturo.
Javier Valdez Cárdenas was a Mexican journalist and founder of Ríodoce,a newspaper based in Sinaloa. He received several international awards for his writings on drug trafficking and organized crime in the Mexican Drug War.
Mario López Valdez,popularly known as Malova,is a Mexican businessman and politician,and a member of the National Action Party. He was a senator for the state of Sinaloa from 2006 to 2010 and municipal president of Ahome Municipality from 2002 to 2004. He served as Governor of Sinaloa from 2011 to 2016.
Los Ántrax is a large enforcer unit and hit squad for the Sinaloa Cartel,a major crime syndicate based in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. The group was led by the drug lords Jesús Peña,JoséRodrigo Aréchiga Gamboa,RenéVelázquez Valenzuela,among others,and they are responsible for a number of homicides and for providing armed security services to Ismael El Mayo Zambada. The gang operates in the capital city of Culiacán,Sinaloa,where its members conduct homicides and violent attacks. Los Antrax is the Sinaloa Cartel's largest and deadliest enforcer unit.
Javier Torres Félix is a Mexican drug lord and former high-ranking leader of the Sinaloa Cartel,a drug trafficking organization. He is the brother of the deceased drug lord Manuel Torres Félix and the former right-hand man of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada,a top cartel leader. He was released on parole in May 2024.
JoséRodrigo Aréchiga Gamboa,commonly referred to by his alias "El Chino Ántrax",was a Mexican drug lord,a professional hitman,and a high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel,a criminal organization based in Sinaloa.
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César Raúl Meza Torres,commonly referred to by his alias "El Mini 6",was a Mexican suspected assassin of the Sinaloa Cartel,a criminal group based in Sinaloa. He was the son of Raúl Meza Ontiveros,a leader of the Sinaloa Cartel. By the age of 15,Meza Torres aspired to be like his father and became involved in organized crime. He was popular on social media for posing in pictures with his weapons and for following his father's footsteps. Meza Torres's pictures later served as inspiration for other teenagers aspiring to join organized crime in Mexico.
RenéVelázquez Valenzuela was a Mexican suspected hitman and high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel,a criminal group based in Sinaloa. According to security forces,Velázquez was a senior member within Los Ántrax,one of the Sinaloa Cartel's assassin squads responsible for fighting rival gangs,guarding drug shipments,and protecting the family of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada,one of Mexico's most-wanted men. He was commonly referred to by his aliases "El Sargento Phoenix","El Gato Negro",and "El Talibán". Velázquez was known for his long beard and shaved head.
The Battle of Culiacán,also known locally as the Culiacanazo and Black Thursday,was a failed attempt to capture Ovidio Guzmán López,son of Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán,who was wanted in the United States for drug trafficking.
The JoséLimón National Contemporary Dance Award is a Mexican modern and contemporary dance award established in 1988 and named in honor of the dancer and choreographer JoséLimón. It is granted by the National Council for Culture and the Arts (CONACULTA) and the government of the state of Sinaloa. Due to its age and significance,it is considered the country's most important dance award.
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Sinaloa since 30 June 2021. On 12 June 2021,a federal court ordered the Congress of Sinaloa to pass a same-sex marriage law by 15 June,in accordance with jurisprudence established by the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation. Subsequently,same-sex marriage legislation passed Congress unanimously on 15 June. It was published in the official state journal on 29 June,and entered into force the following day,making Sinaloa the 20th Mexican state to legalize same-sex marriage.
JoséAntonio Abundio de Jesús Rosales Flores (1822-1865) was a Mexican Brigadier General during the Reform War and the Second French intervention in Mexico. Also known as the Hero of San Pedro for his victory at the Battle of San Pedro,Rosales was the Governor of Sinaloa after overthrowing Jesús García Morales from October 5,1864,to March 9,1865,before being killed at the Battle of Álamos.
Ramón F. Iturbe was a Mexican military man and politician. He was born in Mazatlán on November 7,1889. Since he was little he had to work to support his family. He fought in the Maderista revolution. He was Governor of Sinaloa from 1917 to 1920 and focused on social justice,as he paved the road to Altata and created the Madero Hospital. During his period of government he converted the Rosales School into the University of the West and built the Garmendia Market in Culiacán. Since taking office,it has been argued that he could not be governor because he did not meet the minimum age requirements and therefore they did not let him finish his term. In 1966,he was awarded the Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor by the Senate of the Republic. He died at the Central Military Hospital of Mexico City on October 27,1970,10 days before his 81st birthday. The cause of his death was an acute non-traumatic myocardial infarction,his remains rest in the Garden Pantheon of Mexico City located in Alcaldía Álvaro Obregón.
