Mexico’s city of Culiacán besieged by organised crime amid violence in Sinaloa state

On October 1, Claudia Sheinbaum took office as president of Mexico. She inherits a country where organised crime still rules in many regions; a deadly situation that her predecessor, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, failed to curb. More than 30,000 murders are still committed each year, and on average, 29 people disappear every day without a trace. The city of Culiacán, in the northwestern state of Sinaloa, has recently become the symbol of this violent epidemic. Our correspondents Laurence Cuvillier, Quentin Duval and Ed Augustin report.
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[@pevlez]

The head of the army said that it was up to the criminals to end the violence

[@mariovillicana6290]

He was relieved of his duties after saying that by the president

[@joemascone]

Hugs and kisses strategy really worked

[@MrKostkapotocki]

As a Polish and as a person who knows history i would advise you some kind of authoritarian rule for a couple of years, without democracy and with secret police and free education Mexico would be able to solve this problems.

[@MiguelDLewis]

Authoritarianism breeds corruption. El Salvador solved their problem without abandoning democracy.

[@mariovillicana6290]

We know how to solve it we just dont want to ask the president

[@jamesh2459]

Door-to-door searching and identifying all men in the area.

[@ksrawat88]

Normal day for them…😂 they love to live under cartels and narcos..

[@boossersgarage3239]

ur full of crap

[@NIcholasparker88]

@@boossersgarage3239Well the Mexicans could do
Something about it if they really wanted to. But they seem content

[@jaabaadaabaaadoo]

What a childish comment.

[@NIcholasparker88]

@@jaabaadaabaaadoo For calling out the truth

[@mariovillicana6290]

I mean look at the culture in culiacan

[@bookertee3057]

Nothing new here.