Day 758: Five More Bodies Found Across Mazatlán in Single Day, Capping Region's Most Violent August

The FGE opened five additional homicide investigation files for Mazatlán on Thursday, August 20, 2026, on top of the Culiacán case — the deadliest single day of the month for the port. A man, Manuel, approximately 27, was shot repeatedly by gunmen in a gray sedan at his home on Calle de las Cofradías in the Urbi Villas del Real subdivision and died at the scene. A body was found on the Culiacán–Mazatlán highway; others were located in the María Elena and Benito Juárez neighborhoods, and a fifth victim died of gunshot wounds sustained inside a residential property on Avenida Del Delfín. Five vehicle-theft reports and three forced-disappearance complaints were also filed the same day. August 2026 has become Mazatlán's most violent month on record, with roughly 40 homicides in the port so far.