{"id":5547,"date":"2026-03-20T00:36:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T00:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/mexican-military-says-11-killed-in-raid-targeting-sinaloa-cartel-leader\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T00:36:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T00:36:41","slug":"mexican-military-says-11-killed-in-raid-targeting-sinaloa-cartel-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/mexican-military-says-11-killed-in-raid-targeting-sinaloa-cartel-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexican military says 11 killed in raid targeting Sinaloa cartel leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Omar Oswaldo Torres, the leader of the Los Mayos faction of the Sinaloa criminal network, was detained in the raid.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Mexican authorities have revealed that 11 people were killed during a raid that resulted in the capture of Omar Oswaldo Torres, the leader of a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel.<\/p>\n<p>In a social media post on Thursday, the Mexican Navy said the raid took place in Culiacan, part of the state of Sinaloa in northern Mexico.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/18\/leader-of-ecuadorean-criminal-group-los-lobos-apprehended-in-mexico-city\">Leader of Ecuador-based criminal group Los Lobos arrested in Mexico City<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/17\/us-confirms-157-killed-in-maritime-strikes-experts-call-extrajudicial\">US confirms 157 killed in maritime strikes experts call \u2018extrajudicial\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/13\/bolivian-authorities-capture-drug-kingpin-sebastian-marset-in-police-raid\">Bolivian authorities capture drug kingpin Sebastian Marset in police raid<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>It alleged that its personnel were attacked at the site of the raid and returned fire, killing 11 \u201cassailants\u201d. Their identities have yet to be released to the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHigh-powered weapons and tactical equipment were seized at the scene,\u201d the navy said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The navy added that a woman identified as Torres\u2019s daughter was also present during the operation, but she was released to her family due to a lack of connection to criminal activities.<\/p>\n<p>Torres, known by the nickname \u201cEl Patas\u201d, is the leader of the Los Mayos faction of the Sinaloa Cartel.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, Los Mayos have been in a fight with another faction, Los Chapitos. Each side is named for a different Sinaloa Cartel leader: Joaquin \u201cEl Chapo\u201d Guzman and Ismael \u201cEl Mayo\u201d Zambada, both of whom have been arrested and imprisoned in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s raid comes as governments across Latin America seek to deliver US President Donald Trump tangible results in the fight against crime and drug trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>Just this week, the Mexican government participated in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/18\/leader-of-ecuadorean-criminal-group-los-lobos-apprehended-in-mexico-city\">a law enforcement operation<\/a> with Ecuador and Colombia to arrest Angel Esteban Aguilar, the leader of the Los Lobos crime group.<\/p>\n<p>A separate Mexican military operation in the state of Jalisco last month led to the death of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/2\/24\/with-el-mencho-killed-whats-next-for-mexico-and-the-jalisco-cartel\">Nemesio Oseguera<\/a>, also known as \u201cEl Mencho\u201d, the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.<\/p>\n<p>Criminal groups responded with a burst of violence, including the erection of roadblocks and attacks on security force outposts across Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Critics have questioned the efficacy of the more militarised methods Trump has pressured Latin American leaders to use against cartel leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Capturing or killing cartel leaders is sometimes referred to as a \u201cdecapitation strategy\u201d, and the method is designed to weaken the structure of criminal networks.<\/p>\n<p>But experts warn that the \u201cdecapitation strategy\u201d risks increasing violence over the long term, as new conflicts emerge to fill the leadership vacuum.<\/p>\n<p>Many also point out that such militarised approaches fail to address the root causes of crime, among them corruption and poverty.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Trump has labelled groups like the Sinaloa Cartel \u201cforeign terrorist organisations\u201d, and has indicated he would consider taking military action on Mexican soil against such groups, despite concerns that such actions would violate Mexican sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p>Trump told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/7\/theyre-a-cancer-trump-threatens-cartels-cuba-at-latin-american-summit\">a summit of Latin American leaders<\/a> earlier this month that he considered Mexico to be the \u201cepicentre\u201d of cartel violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to eradicate them,\u201d Trump said of the cartels. \u201cWe have to knock the hell out of them because they\u2019re getting worse. They\u2019re taking over their country. The cartels are running Mexico. We can\u2019t have that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mexican officials, meanwhile, have called on the US to stem the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/3\/3\/is-the-us-arming-mexican-cartels\">flow of illicit weapons<\/a> into Mexico, to little avail.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the Supreme Court <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/6\/5\/supreme-court-strikes-down-mexicos-lawsuit-against-us-gun-manufacturers\">struck down a lawsuit<\/a> from the Mexican government accusing US gun manufacturers of negligence, given that their products end up arming criminal networks in the Latin American country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Omar Oswaldo Torres, the leader of the Los Mayos faction of the Sinaloa criminal network, was detained in the raid. Mexican authorities have revealed that 11 people were killed during a raid that resulted in the capture of Omar Oswaldo Torres, the leader of a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel. 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