At least 10 murders in Mexico appear linked to arrests of cartel leaders in U.S.
CBSN
The murders of at least 10 people in the northern Mexican state of Sinaloa appear to be linked to infighting in the dominant drug smuggling cartel there, confirming fears of repercussions from the July 25 detention of two top cartel leaders.
Last month, Joaquín Guzmán López, a capo from one faction of the Sinaloa cartel - the Chapitos or "Little Chapos," the sons of imprisoned cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán - turned himself in to U.S. authorities. However, he allegedly abducted the leader of the rival faction, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, forcing him on to the same flight to El Paso and turning him in.
Mexican authorities are caught in the middle of the coming storm: they weren't involved in the July 25 capture, but they are unwilling to use the opportunity to crack down on the Sinaloa cartel. The cartel is splintering, and what's at stake is who will take over Zambada's faction now that he is in a U.S. jail.
