Sinaloa

Los Alegres del Barranco, with origins the western state of Sinaloa, is a popular band both in Mexico and among immigrant communities in the United States.

An earlier song entitled The 701 is about the leader of the Sinaloa cartel, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, and how he rose to number 701 in Forbes magazine's list of the world's richest people.

William Purpura was one of three lawyers who defended the Sinaloa cartel leader known as El Chapo during a three-month trial that ended with a conviction in 2019.

One of El Chapo’s sons is accused of kidnapping their father’s longtime Sinaloa cartel partner, Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, and delivering him to U.S. authorities in the summer.

Eliminating crime bosses created power vacuums that their capos scrambled to fill, as is happening now in the northwestern state of Sinaloa which is in a state of civil war after last year’s capture of narco-godfather Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada.