Day 795: Five Armed Attacks Sweep Mazatlán Neighborhoods in a Single Afternoon

Security corporations mobilized across Mazatlán on the afternoon of September 25, 2026 after at least five armed attacks were reported within a few hours. On Calle Pachuca near Michoacán in the Sánchez Celis neighborhood, gunmen shot and wounded two men around 5:34 PM. In the Benito Juárez neighborhood, armed men fired an automatic rifle and a 9mm pistol at the facade of a home on Calle Montes de Oca near Avenida Insurgentes, causing property damage but no injuries. In the Buenos Aires neighborhood, a bystander on Calle Arturo Medrano was struck by a stray round apparently linked to the same-day Colinas del Real motorcycle ambush. Municipal, state and federal forces responded across all sites; no arrests were reported.