Culiacán

[koo-lyah-kahn]

noun

1. a city in and capital of Sinaloa state, in NW Mexico.

Culiacán

/ kuljaˈkan /

noun

1. a city in NW Mexico, capital of Sinaloa state. Pop: 799 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

While growing up in Culiacán, his hobby of writing songs took off when he befriended Pluma’s cousin Tito Double P. Both artists enlisted Vega to write for their albums: Peso Pluma’s 2023 album “Génesis” and Tito Double P’s 2024 LP “Incómodo.”

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The two were arrested outside El Paso after arriving on a private plane that reportedly took off from outside Culiacán, the capital of Sinaloa state.

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Zambada claimed in his letter last year that he was invited to a meeting near Sinaloa’s capital, Culiacán, where he expected to help mediate a dispute between the city’s former mayor, Héctor Melesio Cuén, and his political rival, Sinaloa’s current governor, Rubén Rocha Moya.

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Guzmán López was extradited to the United States in 2023 after being nabbed following a shootout outside Culiacán, the Sinaloa state capital, that left almost two dozen people dead, including 10 Mexican soldiers.

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The Culiacan native was arrested in January of last year in Los Angeles and charged with illegal possession of weapons, specifically an assault rifle, which was found in his home.

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