Sinaloa
State of Mexico
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| 2025 | Pety Vianey Juárez Elizalde from Angostura is selected as the Mexicana Universal Sinaloa titleholder, having previously competed in Miss Teen Americas 2015 and won local titles like Reina de Reinas Sinaloa 2015 and Reina del Carnaval Angostura 2015 |
| 2024 | The election of Mexicana Universal Sinaloa state queens was postponed for one year due to changes in the national pageant dates |
| October 28 2024 | A small plane reportedly linked to Los Chapitos dropped four bombs on Vascogil, Durango, a stronghold of the Cabrera Sarabia Organization, allies of La Mayiza. |
| October 26 2024 | A cooler with a decapitated head, allegedly of a Los Chapitos member, was found with a threatening message directed at the group. |
| October 21 2024 | Mexican forces engaged in a deadly confrontation, killing 19 cartel members and capturing 'El Max', a high-ranking member of La Mayiza faction. |
| October 17 2024 | Gunfire erupted outside the headquarters of the newspaper El Debate in Culiacán when an individual opened fire from a vehicle. |
| October 2 2024 | President Claudia Sheinbaum replaced Jesús Leana Ojeda with Guillermo Briseño Lobera as commander of the Third Military Region. |
| September 30 2024 | Local police in Culiacán were removed from active duty after the Mexican Army seized their firearms to inspect permits. The death toll from the conflict reached 118 by this date. |
| September 16 2024 | General Jesús Leana Ojeda, commander of the Third Military Region, stated that state security depends on rival groups stopping their confrontations. |
| September 9 2024 | A violent conflict erupted between two primary factions of the Sinaloa Cartel—Los Chapitos and La Mayiza—in Culiacán, Sinaloa, which subsequently spread to other municipalities in the state. The conflict was triggered by the capture of two key cartel leaders: Joaquín Guzmán López and Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada. |
| September 9 2024 | A Mexican Army convoy encountered armed civilians in La Campiña, Culiacán, leading to a shootout that killed a sergeant. Widespread violence erupted across Sinaloa, with clashes in multiple neighborhoods and municipalities. Gunmen briefly boarded a public bus, and authorities seized armored vehicles, firearms, and tactical equipment. |
| August 10 2024 | Zambada publicly claimed through his attorney, Frank Pérez, that he was ambushed and kidnapped by Guzmán López and handed over to U.S. authorities. He alleged he was lured to a meeting about resolving political disputes and was subsequently attacked, bound, and forcibly transported to an airstrip for arrest. |
| August 9 2024 | U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar revealed that Zambada was forcibly taken to the U.S. against his will, while Guzmán López surrendered voluntarily, suggesting a potential betrayal. |
| July 25 2024 | The United States Department of Justice announced the arrest of Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada and Joaquín Guzmán López in El Paso, Texas. The Mexican government claimed no involvement in Zambada's capture. |
| 2023 | Libia Zulema Gavica Farriols from Mazatlán was selected as the Mexicana Universal Sinaloa titleholder, with a notable family pageant history including her grandmother being Señorita México 1970 and Reina del Carnaval de Mazatlán 1970 |
| January 5 2023 | Mexican authorities conducted Operation Moongose Azteca in Culiacán, successfully recapturing Ovidio Guzmán López after a brief confrontation with his bodyguards. The operation was a collaborative effort involving multiple security agencies that had been planned since late 2021. |
| 2020 | The state contest was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| October 17 2019 | Ovidio Guzmán López ('El Ratón') was arrested by Mexican Armed Forces in Culiacán, sparking a massive violent response known as the 'Culiacanazo', which ultimately led to his release by the government to prevent further bloodshed. |
| 2017 | Denisse Franco won the Nuestra Belleza México national pageant, representing Sinaloa. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Infighting in the Sinaloa Cartel & Mexicana Universal Sinaloa, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.