Sinaloa
Mexico's drug war takes growing toll on Americans
Mar 21, 2010 02:45 EDT
Americans falling victim to drug war in Mexico; killings of US citizens doubles in 2 years. More Americans in Mexico are falling victim to a wave of drug violence sweeping the country, a change driven home by the recent killing of a U.S. Consulate employee and her husband who were gunned down after leaving a children's birthday party.
New border violence erupts with Mexico cartel rift
Mar 13, 2010 14:30 EST
Former allied drug gangs split, new violence erupts on eastern end of Mexico-US border. This border city and others near the eastern end of the U.S. border escaped the worst of Mexico's bloody drug war for years, but now the bodies are piling up, several journalists are reportedly missing or dead and once-busy streets are empty after dark.
8 youths die in attack on party in western Mexico
Mar 13, 2010 00:07 EST
Gunmen burst into a party in western Mexico and killed eight youths and left another person wounded on Friday.
Red Cross is latest victim of Mexican drug war
Mar 05, 2010 13:22 EST
Some Red Cross clinics caught in Mexican drug-war violence refuse to treat gunshot victims. Red Cross clinics in some parts of Mexico are refusing to treat people wounded by gunshots after finding themselves caught in the drug war, with cartel hit men intercepting ambulances to seize patients and even killing a Red Cross worker this week.
Red Cross is latest victim of Mexican drug war
Mar 05, 2010 13:22 EST
Red Cross clinics in some parts of Mexico are refusing to treat people wounded by gunshots after finding themselves caught in the drug war, with cartel hit men intercepting ambulances to seize patients and even killing a Red Cross worker this week.
Alleged Mexican cartel figure pleads not guilty
Feb 23, 2010 15:51 EST
Alleged leading figure in Mexican drug cartel pleads not guilty to conspiracy in Chicago. A man accused of being one of the leaders of a powerful Mexican drug cartel pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he conspired to import and sell large amounts of cocaine and heroin in the United States.
Wet Arizona winter leads to more border deaths
Feb 13, 2010 16:30 EST
Unusually wet Arizona winter leads to more illegal immigrant border deaths. An unusually wet winter in Arizona this year has been lethal for illegal immigrants crossing from Mexico into the United States, with nine people dying from hypothermia since November.
Six shot dead in Mexico disco in likely drug attack
Feb 06, 2010 20:27 EST
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Gunmen stormed into a nightclub in the Mexican beach resort of Mazatlan and shot dead six people in what looked like the latest in a flurry of drug cartel attacks.
6 killed at bar in cartel-plagued Mexican state
Feb 06, 2010 17:57 EST
Gunmen kill 6 men at bar in northern Mexico; 2nd suspect arrested in Juarez massacre. Gunmen killed six people at a bar Saturday in the northern state of Sinaloa, a drug-violence hotspot, state prosecutors said.
AP IMPACT: Drug cartels co-opt rehab for recruits
Feb 04, 2010 15:39 EST
AP IMPACT: Mexican drug cartels run rehab clinics, forcing recovering addicts into their ranks. Mexico's powerful cartels have taken to running drug rehabilitation centers, turning recovering addicts into hit men and smugglers and giving some an ultimatum: Work for us or we'll kill you.
13 young students killed at party in Mexico border
Jan 31, 2010 17:07 EST
Armed men attack party in northern Mexican border city, kill 13 young students. Armed men stormed a party in this violent Mexican border city, killing 13 high school and college students in what witnesses said they thought was an attack prompted by false information.
From spas to banks, Mexico economy rides on drugs
Jan 22, 2010 07:40 EST
ZAPOPAN, Mexico (Reuters) - At a modern factory in a city whose main claim to fame is an image of the Virgin Mary revered for granting miracles, Mexican pharmaceuticals firm Grupo Collins churns out antibiotics and other medicines.
At least 23 dead in prison riot in Mexico
Jan 20, 2010 23:07 EST
Rival gangs clashed inside a notorious prison in the Mexican state of Durango, leaving at least 23 inmates dead, officials said.
Severed head left at grave of Mexican drug lord
Jan 17, 2010 17:50 EST
Severed head left in front of drug lord's crypt in northern Mexico. A severed human head and a flower have been found in front of the tomb of deceased drug lord Arturo Beltran Leyva in northern Mexico.
Mexican crime reporter killed in apparent drug hit
Jan 16, 2010 15:18 EST
CULIACAN, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican police said on Saturday they found the body of a crime reporter abducted last month by apparent drug traffickers, the third murder of a journalist in recent weeks.
Cartel Inc: In the company of Narcos
Jan 14, 2010 14:19 EST
RIO BRAVO, Mexico (Reuters) - Late last year, Mexican soldiers raided a house in Rio Bravo, a dilapidated town just across the border from Texas. What they found was a kind of "back office" that belonged to the Gulf cartel, the country's most violent drug gang.
Mexico captures top Tijuana drug trafficker 'El Teo'
Jan 12, 2010 21:32 EST
Teodoro "El Teo" Garcia Simental, one of Mexico's most brutal drug traffickers was arrested, in the second major victory for the government against the narcotics trade in a month.
Mexico captures top Tijuana drug trafficker 'El Teo'
Jan 12, 2010 19:23 EST
Teodoro "El Teo" Garcia Simental, one of Mexico's most brutal drug traffickers was detained Tuesday, in the second major victory for the government against the narcotics trade in a month.
Mexico captures top Tijuana drug trafficker 'El Teo'
Jan 12, 2010 15:27 EST
Teodoro "El Teo" Garcia Simental, one of Mexico's most-wanted and brutal drug traffickers, was detained Tuesday, in the second major victory for the government in less than a month.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| State of Sinaloa | |||
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| Country |  Mexico | ||
| Capital | Culiacán | ||
| Municipalities | 18 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Governor | Jesús Aguilar Padilla .svg){kind=small} PRI | ||
| - Federal Deputies | PRI: 6 PAN: 2 | ||
| - Federal Senators | PRI: 2 PAN: 1 | ||
| Area Ranked 18th | |||
| - Total | 58,238 km2 (22,485.8 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2005) | |||
| - Total | 2,208,652 (Ranked 15th) | ||
| - Demonym | Sinaloense | ||
| Time zone | Zona Pacífico (UTC-7) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | Zona Pacífico (UTC-6) | ||
| HDI (2004) | 0.7800 - medium Ranked 17th | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | MX-SIN | ||
| Postal abbr. | Sin. | ||
| Website | Sinaloa state government | ||
