DistantNews
Support us
Summer Vacation: Mazatlán Launches Security Operation with Over 18,300 Personnel
🇲🇽 Mexico /Crime & Justice

Summer Vacation: Mazatlán Launches Security Operation with Over 18,300 Personnel

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

At a glance

News Named sources Ongoing story
  • A large-scale security operation involving over 18,300 personnel has been launched in Mazatlán for the summer vacation period.
  • The operation aims to enhance safety, particularly in tourist areas like beaches, and follows recent successes in apprehending violent offenders.
  • Authorities expect approximately two million vacationers between mid-July and early September, with Mazatlán being the primary destination.

Authorities have initiated a comprehensive security operation in Mazatlán to ensure safety during the summer vacation season. The operation deploys a substantial force of 18,309 federal, state, and municipal elements, alongside civil protection and rescue units.

we are going to strengthen security in Mazatlán so that acts of violence do not continue to occur.

— Sinuhé Téllez LópezState Public Security Secretary, explaining the objective of the security operation.

State Public Security Secretary Sinuhé Téllez López emphasized that the goal is to bolster security in Mazatlán, aiming to prevent further acts of violence. He highlighted recent successes, including the capture of key figures involved in criminal activities such as "Güero Pin" in Escuinapa and "Texas" in Culiacán. The National Guard will oversee federal highway security, while local roads will be patrolled by municipal and state police.

in the case of the surveillance of federal highways that cross the state, it will be the National Guard that will attend to these roads and local ones will be under the surveillance of municipal and state police.

— Sinuhé Téllez LópezExplaining the division of responsibilities for highway security during the operation.

The operation, which includes aquatic, aerial, and terrestrial support, will concentrate on beaches and popular tourist spots. The State Tourism Secretariat projects around two million visitors from mid-July to September 1, with Mazatlán expecting the largest concentration. The State Attorney General, Claudia Zulema Sánchez Kondo, noted that investigations into recent femicides, some with characteristics potentially linked to drug trafficking, remain open, with seven registered this month across the state, including two in Mazatlán.

in some murders of women, due to their characteristics and the context in which they are committed, a relationship with drug sales is presumed.

— Claudia Zulema Sánchez KondoState Attorney General, commenting on the ongoing investigations into femicides.
DistantNews Editorial

Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

More Stories

From Our Blog