Day 764: Defense Ministry Sends 1,000 More Troops to Sinaloa, Two-Day Total Reaches 1,300

SEDENA confirmed a second wave of reinforcements on Tuesday, August 25 into Wednesday, August 26, 2026, sending roughly 1,000 additional Army personnel to Mazatlán on top of the 300 airlifted earlier the same day — a combined 1,300-troop surge announced under the National Public Security Strategy 2024-2030. The Security Secretariat said the deployment 'priorizan la prevención y la presencia operativa' (prioritizes prevention and operational presence) to expand coverage, contain crime, and reassure Sinaloan families, coordinating with federal, state and municipal authorities to help dismantle criminal cells and detain violence generators. Sinaloa now hosts the largest concentrated military footprint of any Mexican state, with cumulative federal personnel levels cited at over 14,000 amid the ongoing Chapitos–La Mayiza conflict.