The rapid strikes carried out by the military have been a cause for protest among area residents.
Working with US intelligence, the Mexican navy has focused its search for escaped drug trafficker Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán on the mountains where the legendary Sinaloa cartel leader made his fortune, according to the latest reports.
Intelligence sources have placed him somewhere between the Pacific resort of Mazatlán – where he was captured by the navy in February 2014 – and the rural town of Los Mochis.
Investigators believe that Guzmán, who fled from a high-security prison via a 1.5-kilometer tunnel in July, is hiding out with the help of his associates somewhere in the rugged mountains that straddle Sinaloa and Durango states in the northwestern part of the country.
Rafael Caro Quintero, who was set free by Mexican authorities in 2013 and is also thought to be hiding out in the area, is wanted by the US Justice Department for the killing of a Drug Enforcement Administration agent in 1985.
Fuente: http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/10/16/inenglish/1444987223_758652.html
