Violent Friday: Nine Killed Across Sinaloa; Two Female Officers Shot in Culiacán Pursuit

Nine people were killed across Sinaloa on Friday, April 25, 2026, making the state the highest-homicide entity nationally that day according to the National Public Security System (SESNSP). Six killings were recorded in Culiacán — all occurring within a 3-hour window concentrated in the northern part of the city — in the neighborhoods of Progreso, 6 de Enero, Los Huertos, Las Cucas, Loma de Rodriguera, and Lomas del Boulevard. Eight homicide investigation files were opened by the State Attorney General's Office (FGE). In a separate incident during the same period, two female municipal police officers were shot and injured during a vehicle pursuit in a central area of the capital. Three additional murders were registered in Mazatlán — in the La Sirena and Lomas del Ébano neighborhoods. Authorities also recorded five violent vehicle thefts and seized weapons in a rural Culiacán community. The killings came just two days after the SEDENA/SEMAR Tamazula operation that arrested El Guano's right-hand man 'Abel N' and nine other Gente del Guano members — demonstrating that the capture of a faction's command structure does not immediately suppress operational-level violence. The April 25 toll adds to an April week that saw 9 on this day, reflecting the conflict's continued baseline lethality even as homicide trends decline year-over-year.