CuliacánLookouts and narcocorridos have largely vanished from the city.
Targeted killings replaced open shootouts, InSight Crime’s reporters found.
One faction’s handover of Ismael Zambada to US authorities set the Chapitos against the Mayiza, and fighting has moved south toward Mazatlán.
A mass shooting at a city-centre restaurant, apparently targeting a narcocorrido singer, struck during their visit.
Fausto Isidro Meza, alias Chapo Isidro, may emerge as the top boss, the reporters say.
How each outlet framed it
- InSight Crime leans critical
- reports the war's shift from open shootouts to targeted killings in Culiacán, with visible cartel signs gone
Sources: InSight Crime