#Mexico ‘𝐋𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐳𝐚’ 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐥 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐬 𝐎𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐦𝐮́𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥, 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐚
Multiple handwritten banners announcing the control of Guamúchil, Sinaloa, by the ‘La Mayiza’ faction of the Sinaloa Cartel were discovered on March 9th in various parts of the city. The banners, signed by Joel Enrique Sandoval Romero, ‘El 19’ or ‘El Loco,’ and with the initials MF referencing Ismael Zambada Sicairos, 'El Mayito Flaco,' state that the region has an owner and that acts of extortion will not be permitted under their rule.
A translation is as follows: “The Plaza has an owner [dirtbags], [extortions] of the plaza have ended, Sincerely, MF Locos 19”
According to the news publication El Debate, local authorities would come across a banner placed near the entrance to the Unidad Académica Preparatoria Guamúchil (UAS) along 16 de Septiembre street (Coordinates: 25.45174124559285, -108.07289179354258) and report the finding to personnel of the Mexican Military, National Guard, State and Municipal security entities who later removed the banner. No official entity or the academic institution itself has commented on the banner as of yet.
Images circulated through social media showing two additional banners with similar messages placed on a structure with the name of the region decorated with a carnival theme along Ferrocarril Avenue (Coordinates: 25.460285139438138, -108.0884871575847), and the El Mento Automatic Transmissions Auto Shop along de Las Torres Avenue (Coordinates: 25.461988352806255, -108.05981085923115) where both banners were removed sometime after.
Romero, former head of security for Ismael Mario Zambada García ‘El Mayo,’ was arrested during a security operation on February 13th, 2014 along the outskirts of the Costa Rica region of Culiacán, Sinaloa alongside two other suspects identified as Mario Miguel Pérez Urrea and Jesús Andrés Corrales Astorga. During the operation, authorities would also seize three firearms, 14 magazines, and ammunition discovered in the possession of the above-mentioned detainees.
The arrests were part of a larger security operation conducted in a joint effort between the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic, the Navy, the Federal Police, and local authorities through various points of Sinaloa and Baja California to capture García. Although failing to secure the intended target, authorities would instead manage to detain 10 criminal operators including Romero and his brothers Apolonio Sandoval Romero ‘El 30’ and Cristo Omar Sandoval Romero ‘El Cristo’.
(Photographs By: @ aic_07 on Twitter)
