2023 Sinaloa unrest

2023 Sinaloa unrest
	Part of the Mexican drug war
Date	January 5–13, 2023; (9 days)
Location	Sinaloa, Mexico
Result	Mexican government victory Successful capture and transfer of the druglord Ovidio Guzmán; Withdrawal of the Sinaloa Cartel's militant forces;
Belligerents
Mexico	Sinaloa Cartel
Commanders and leaders
Andrés Manuel López Obrador; Luis Cresencio Sandoval; Rubén Rocha Moya ; Luis Rodríguez Bucio ; Alfredo Salgado Vargas ; Cristóbal Castañeda Camarillo	Ovidio Guzmán López ; Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar ; Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar ; Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas
Units involved
Mexican Armed Forces ; Mexican Army Special Forces Corps Special Reaction Force; ; Parachute Riflemen Brigade Parachute Riflemen Brigade Special Forces; ; ; Mexican Air Force; Mexican Navy Naval Infantry Corps; ; Mexican National Guard; Sinaloa State Police	Sinaloa Cartel factions Los Chapitos (formerly known as "Gente Nueva" until 2019, it is also called as "Los Menores") El Ratón Special Forces ("special forces" wing of Los Chapitos); ; Los Ninis; Los Salazar; Los Chimales; ; Irregular troops of Gunmen and "Hawks" (watchmen of the Sinaloa Cartel);
Strength
3,586 (4,500 post-riot)	Around 5,000
Casualties and losses
10 soldiers killed, 35 wounded; 1 police officer killed, 17 wounded Visually confirmed per Oryx: 2 DN-XI infantry mobility vehicles 1 technical 1 Boeing 737-800 lightly damaged 1 CASA C-295M lightly damaged	19 cartel members killed 21 cartel members captured Visually confirmed per Oryx: 26 captured Sinaloa Cartel vehicles 14 destroyed Sinaloa Cartel vehicles
	One 14 year old boy injured

The 2023 Sinaloa unrest began on January 5, 2023, following the arrest of Ovidio Guzmán, son of jailed drug lord Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, sparking a wave of violence in the state of Sinaloa. In retaliation for the arrest of Ovidio Guzmán, cartel members blocked highways with burning vehicles and began attacks against the armed forces. The Culiacán International Airport was closed after gunfire was opened on two planes (one passenger and the other military). On January 13, the Mexican Secretary of the Interior Adán Augusto López Hernández declared that "order has been restablished" in Sinaloa.

According to official reports, ten soldiers, a police officer and 19 alleged members of the Sinaloa Cartel were killed. The violence prompted the Mexican military to launch a series of armed raids using planes and helicopters to attack cartel members.

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