Sinaloa, estado (state), northwestern Mexico. It is bounded by the Gulf of California (also called the Sea of Cortez) and the Pacific Ocean to the west and by the states of Sonora to the north, Chihuahua and Durango to the east, and Nayarit to the south. Its capital city is Culiacán.

The U.S. is imposing sanctions on over a dozen individuals, a Mexican restaurant, and a security firm linked to the Sinaloa cartel's fentanyl trafficking. The sanctions, announced Wednesday, cut them off from the U.S. banking system.

Sinaloa Map - Explore the map of Sinaloa Mexico showing the administrative divisions and state boundaries with their capital city.

Sinaloa Governor Rubén Rocha Moya has resigned after being indicted by the United States on charges of aiding the Sinaloa cartel, deepening tensions between Mexico and Washington. President ...

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The arrests were “aimed at dismantling the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the world’s most violent and powerful drug cartels, responsible for flooding the United States with fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin,” according to the DEA.

DEA arrests over 600 people in massive operation against the Sinaloa ...

The Sinaloa Cartel (Cártel de Sinaloa, aka CDS) is one of the world’s oldest and most powerful drug cartels. Through its birthplace and stronghold in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, the cartel is one of the largest producers and traffickers of fentanyl and other illicit drugs to the United States.