Eleven dead in military operation against cartel members in Sinaloa, Mexico

Eleven suspected cartel members have been killed in a military operation in the violence-ridden state of Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico, authorities say. The incident occurred in connection with government forces searching properties linked to a branch of the Sinaloa Cartel allied with drug lord Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada. Armed cartel members loyal to Zambada, who has been imprisoned in the United States since 2024, are at war with allies of the sons of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, who is also imprisoned in the United States.