20 bodies, some decapitated, found in part of Mexico where factions of Sinaloa cartel are fighting each other

Twenty bodies, including several beheaded, were found on a road bridge in a part of Mexico where Sinaloa drug cartel Fight, the authorities said on Monday.

Four Headless corpses were found by the side of the road while 16 bodies were discovered inside an abandoned vehicle, said the office of the state prosecutor of Sinaloa.

Five human heads were found in a bag on the scene.

Violence has climbed into the state of northwest since capture in the United States Nearly year ago, the co-founder of Cartel Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada.

The veteran drug dealer said he was kidnapped In Mexico by a notorious drug son, Lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and stole in the United States on a private plane against his will.

The conflict, which left More than 1,200 dead According to official figures, the members of the cutting -edge gangs are aligned on Zambada against the other faithful to El Chapo and his sons, who lead a faction called “chapitos”.

Chapitos have used corks, electrocution and hot peppers for torture their rivals While some of their victims were “nourished or died in tigers”, according to an indictment in 2023 released by the United States Ministry of Justice.

In recent months, the bodies have appeared through Sinaloa, often left in suspension in the streets or in cars with either On these heads Or slices of pizza or boxes to fold them with knives. Pizzas and sombreos have become informal symbols for cartel’s factions at war, highlighting the brutality of their war.

Criminal violence, the majority of drug trafficking, has made a living of around 480,000 lives in Mexico since 2006 and left more than 120,000 disappeared.