Sinaloa, Mexico /
The internal fracture in the Sinaloa Cartel It is evident not only in the battle fought by its different factions, but in its symbols.
Where before there was only one icon, that of Joaquin El Chapo Guzmannow there are multiple “brands“which show the difference between Chapitos and Mayswho use pizzas, hats, Chavo del Ocho, Mario Bros, and even Carlitos, a character from the Rugrats cartoon, as badges that identify Which side does he belong to?
Before the cartel fragmented, the criminal group exalted a single leader: Joaquín Guzmán Loera, El Chapo.
Joaquín Guzmán was characterized like a caricature, in the figure of Mario Bros, but with the face of El Chapoin the acronym J.G.L. or in the number 701.
But after the internal fracture of the Sinaloa Cartelthe factions that went to war use other codes to identify which group they sympathize with: Chapitos either May Zambada.
The hitmen related to the sons of Chapo they call themselves La Chapiza. Its symbol is a pizza slice.
a few days ago in CuliacanThe body of a man was found decapitated in a pizza box.
While men faithful to May Zambada use a hatbecause at May It is also known as The Lord of the Hat.
This symbol remained embodied in the murder of five peoplewhose corpses were abandoned with hats on the free Culiacán-Mazatlán highway.
The civilian population, which in some way sympathizes with the factions, They also made these symbols their ownas part of the narco culture present in Sinaloa.
In the city center, they sell caps, t-shirts and other related souvenirs to The Mayos, Los Chapitos and the armed arms of both factions.
The prices of the caps They range from 400 to 800 pesos. They are marketed with pizza symbols, alluding to the Chapizahats by El Mayo Zambadabut they can also be found with images of Carlitos, a character from the cartoon Rugrats or El Chavo del 8.
The most popular souvenir is cap with the image of a hat that symbolizes the Mayiza. Since the conflict between the two factions began, the caps stopped selling.
“Now they come and ask me: ‘Hey, is this an apology for drug trafficking?’ and I say ‘yes’, and they don’t want them when before they were the ones they always wantedToday they don’t even want them by mistake, but one sells it because it is what feeds us,” commented Alejandro Ramírez, a merchant in the Historic Center.
The Rugrats image is armed arm symbol by Ishmael El May Zambada, which bears the same name, and was founded by Carlitos, killed in a confrontation in 2023.
Within the catalog of children’s characters that the Sinaloa Cartel made own for identify one of its members is El Chavo del 8.
The character created by Roberto Gomez Bolaños is used by Sinaloa Cartel as a symbol of Juan Carlos Félix Gastelum, El Chavo Felixclose men to Ishmael, May Zambada.
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